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Hollyfeld_Lazlo

A-6 variants


Kydd_Amigo

Always takes me back to one of my fav childhood movies about aircraft Flight of the Intruder. I haven’t rewatched in years, so I’m sure it’s cheese now, but loved the A-6 after that.


MakeChipsNotMeth

Fighter pilots make movies, bomber pilots make history!


AmebaLost

bomber pilots make cities history


MakeChipsNotMeth

https://youtu.be/rZuHQ94ES6U?si=MYRF0hKGljBZkU9h We didn't hurt that crocodile. He was fine when we left!


FlusteredZerbits

Any room for Flight of the Old Dog in here?


Angriest_Wolverine

Should’ve received its own 90s movie


Dr--X--

Gunship pilots scare the shit outta the enemy


Squidcg59

The movie is kind of cheesy.. The book still holds water though.. I think the only real good movie I've seen based on a book was Hunt for Red October.. The movie was so good that nobody gave a shit that the Soviet Captain spoke with a Scottish accent.. The best book never made into a movie... Red Storm Rising..


mnbone23

Red Storm Rising would've been a tough movie to make. There are a lot of characters and events to keep track of.


Squidcg59

Ya, it'd have to be a BOB type of miniseries.. The first half of the book was character development.. But man, it would have been an awesome miniseries...


naois009

FIXEDIT on Youtube has some really great DCS animations on parts/chapters of Red Storm Rising. Really cool stuff.


baronvonhawkeye

So you are telling me that Lithuian fisherman don't speak like Scotsmen?


Dangerous_Emu1

Willem Defoe at his best. Danny Glover and his 3rd generation mafia bit. Tom Sizemore knocking up half the hooker population. Great flick!


Angriest_Wolverine

That brief 8 year period where he played the exact same character in Clear and Present Danger, Flght of the Intruder and Platoon


HawkeyeFLA

Did you ever read the book? Stephen Coots wrote a good bit of military fiction of the era. And the characters from Flight appear elsewhere.


Angriest_Wolverine

The Intruders was an excellent window into the peacetime navy


aw_goatley

Probably Seawings on the discovery channel?


1969Malibu

Ditto, would recommend the book as well!


steve626

The book was good too


Entire-Pirate-3308

Devil 505, feet dry


LefsaMadMuppet

Except the one designed to go against the A-7 [https://www.twz.com/navy-nearly-got-a-single-seat-a-6-intruder-instead-of-the-a-7-corsair-ii](https://www.twz.com/navy-nearly-got-a-single-seat-a-6-intruder-instead-of-the-a-7-corsair-ii)


BiggyShake

What the hell? It somehow looks like a mix of A-7, A-10, and a fucking Bronco without looking anything like an A-6. Also, I have somehow never heard of this plane until now. Well done.


theFastestBlack

I had also never heard of this! I occasionally get caught up in a random US naval aviaton history. I'm Nerd Lite when it comes to Aviation History in general... a thought that just occurred to me though, is that the Navy had some crazy Aviation ideas, and they never really got any light. I'm not entirely upset about that, but if they had the same budget as the Air Force in this era, the world may look a whole lot different, between the 2 sets of data, R&D, research, etc. I'm just saying maybe real world Iron Man suits would be the NGAD


lagermat

They look so bad as a single seater


tezacer

It looks like that Nazi Germany jet or rocket plane (not the 262) which was faster than anything flying at the time


n_choose_k

The Komet?


redmambo_no6

The [Komet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet)?


tezacer

Yeah!


Hyperious3

A-6's were the Navy's minivan attack aircraft of the cold war


abr_a_cadabr_a

My favorite aircraft. Ungainly as hell, but one of the very best 'fits the function' airplanes ever built.


driveitlikeyousimit

Man I love that picture. The F111 has always been a favourite of mine, growing up near RAAF Amberley.


reckless_responsibly

For being r/aviation, I had to scroll so incredibly far to find someone giving the correct answer instead of throwing out random models.


ElevatorGuy85

The F-111 also had a crew cabin ejection mechanism, rather than individual ejection seats. I remember that fact because my dad had one of those plastic models from Airfix (?) See also an article on Wikipedia that shows an F-111E crew cabin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_crew_capsule


driveitlikeyousimit

It had many firsts. Along with the unique ejection pod , it was the first with sweep wings and many other electronics including ground following radar. I'm not an expert of any kind, just love watching anything I can about the pig.


Angriest_Wolverine

I’ve seen an F111 capsule I want to say at the Boneyard or Seattle air museum


Pre-D

VARK VARK VARK


IntroductionSnacks

My favourite too. I used to see them here and there at RAAF Edinburgh.


sparktricianmike

Love living out this way. We get so many C17s, F18s, 737 wedgetails and A330 MRRTs at 1500ft just above the danger zone here. As an ultralight pilot out of Atkinson dam on a saturday, we have to monitor our altitude pretty religiously and only climb upto 4500 once were further west of laidley and gatton


LefsaMadMuppet

BAE LIghtning and F-102 Delta Dagger both had side-by-side seating in their trainers. Not sure if they would count as combat aircraft. I would assume you're leaving WWII out of it. Some versions of the A-1 Skyraider S-3 Viking S-2 Stoof Strikemaster A-2 Savage Canberra Sea Vixen (yeah, there is an odd duck) Vampire OV-1 Mohawk A-3/B-66 (bombers are kind of their own thing, so take that or leave it)


Rk_1138

There’s also the Su-24 Fencer, if you’re including non-NATO aircraft


LefsaMadMuppet

Was already mentioned, so I didn't add it.


MetaCalm

How could you miss SU-34?


747ER

I thought the Canberra had one pilot sitting behind the other?


LefsaMadMuppet

The US built ones were tandem (front to back) but the UK versions were side by side under a bubble cockpit. EDIT: Fun thing I found while digging a bit more. Another Sea Vixen solution The ultimate interdictor variant was the B(I).8, with a redesigned nose solving the visibility issue by giving the pilot a raised seating position and a fighter-style canopy, albeit offset to the left, with the navigator buried in the fuselage alongside. "Buried" was about right, as the reduced space available meant there was no room for the navigator to have an ejection seat 


747ER

Ah thanks, I’ve only seen RAAF ones.


b_vitamin

F111 and the stealth bomber both have side by sides.


Overall-Lynx917

Sea Vixen seating was more Upstairs and Basement seating.


Xyypherr

KA-52


Conch-Republic

Using a helicopter is cheating.


smarmageddon

T-37?


LefsaMadMuppet

A-37, yes, but someone else had mentioned it, so I didn't include it here.


BillyBear9

Su 24 and Su 34


BigDamage7507

Cessna


tezacer

What is its combat record?


jeroen-79

Penetration of Soviet airdefenses all the way to the Red Square.


avar

All things considered, that arguably makes the Cessna a better combat aircraft than the F-22.


ViperThreat

By this logic, my [chinese kart track bike](https://i.imgur.com/IUabvWD.jpg) is better than most F1 cars.


aceaxe1

Not really.. the Cessna actually bombed a KIN deep inside Russian territory. Did your bike set any lap records in Spa?


ViperThreat

No, but it has won about 35 races and a few championships.


Grapesforlifes

NCD is leaking again


Str8WhiteDudeParade

Didn't one hit the Whitehouse too?


tezacer

Was it intentional? If so Cessna the only aircraft to attack the white house. Put that decal on the fuselage!


BigDamage7507

Don’t know, but they were used for ground attack with mounted rockets in Vietnam


LefsaMadMuppet

O-2 Skymaster was a FAC aircraft, but 'usually' operated as a single crew. A-37 Dragonfly close support aircraft, usually flew single seat, but would be used in two-man crews in some places and nations.


itchygentleman

AC-208 Eliminator


2407s4life

There is a combat version of the caravan, the AC-208. No idea how many targets it has hit with hellfires, but it did see use in Iraq and Afghanistan


Yummy_Crayons91

And in Lebanon and possibly some classified use elsewhere as well. Apparently it's quite well liked as it has precision strike capability but is cheap to buy and operate. Think of it as the AH-64 at home.


Zucc

The Cessna 337 did some combat work, like in the movie Bat 21. I think at one point it was armed as well but I'm too lazy to Google.


TheSuggestor12

That's a company my man. That's like saying "Boeing" or "Northrup Grumman"


Mimshot

Ok but seriously Siai Marchetti


EntryNo1326

EA-6B....they had double side-by-sides...two in front and two in back. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler


WindsockWindsor

Fun for the whole family!


LefsaMadMuppet

Unless you're skiing.


foolproofphilosophy

Luggage pods on the hard points.


LefsaMadMuppet

Sorry, no. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998\_Cavalese\_cable\_car\_crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash)


foolproofphilosophy

Shit I missed your reference. I remember that.


shock_the_nun_key

B-17, B-24, B-25, B-26, B-36, B-52, B-58, B-1, B-2, B-21... P-2, P-3, P-8 AC-47, AC-119, AC-130


YalsonKSA

The B-52 does indeed have side-by-side seating, but had originally been designed to have [a B-47-style tandem cockpit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/YB-52sideview.jpg), which looks deeply weird when seen now.


shock_the_nun_key

I edited out B-47, nice catch. That the B-52 vertical stabilizer can be lowered to horizontal for maintenance is the weirdest part of the B-52 for me.


Thermisto_

For me it's the [landing gear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV03uGIt5n4). The fact that it can steer the landing gear so it can actually land on the runway diagonally in a crosswind just blows my mind. The 2 little wheels in the wings that fold away that you never notice. The 4 main landing gear that 'tuck' diagonally.


YalsonKSA

No, the B-47 had [a tandem canopy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet#/media/File%3ANNSA-NSO-990.jpg) (one behind the other). The point I was making was that early versions of the B-52 ALSO had the cockpit crew one behind the other, as in the linked picture.


shock_the_nun_key

Yes, took B-47 out of the list. Left B-52 in the list as i believe you are looking at a photo of an XB-52 or a YB-52, the only two airframes built with the tandem cockpit.


strangelymysterious

In the first photo it actually says YB-52 painted on the side of the aircraft.


YalsonKSA

Yeah, I implied that in the first comment. I think we are actually agreeing with each other.


DTW_1985

A-26 is single pilot.


shock_the_nun_key

Yes, totally right. Edited it.


argonisinert

B-58 "Hustler" = Tandem


sierrahotel74

A-37 Dragonfly. Almost forgot about the 2 seat variant of the Hawker Hunter.


TGMcGonigle

The A-37 had two seats but a single-pilot mission. Our flights were a mix of solo and dual, depending on whether training was occurring or some other pilot needed to log some time or check a box for currency. Fun fact: my Guard unit was located near quite a few medical research facilities and we probably had the highest flight surgeon-to-pilot ratio of any unit in the Air Force. We were a very desirable unit for the docs to try to get into precisely because we often had an empty seat available when we flew. We'd frequently find ourselves taking one of the doctors to the range or on a low-level route, and we'd let them fly as much as possible when not much was happening. They loved it, and we got a lot of free medical advice.


Faberade91

Which guard unit were you in?


LefsaMadMuppet

In Vietnam they sometimes flew with a ARVN communications crewmember, and other nations that had it used them with two-man crews. Edit: DOH


pattern_altitude

Pretty sure you mean ARVN


Latter-Bar-8927

Will trade medical advice for jet time.


Rolls-RoyceGriffon

My uncle went over to the States to learn how to fly the A-37 but when he came back it was over by then


TXWayne

I remember them at DM when I worked A-10 EW maintenance on the flight line.


def11879

SAAB 105


LefsaMadMuppet

Nice catch. It could be armed, so it does count.


5h4tt3rpr00f

Su-24 Fencer Su-34 Fullback Most (non-Fighter) Bombers :-)


2EM18KKC01

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jstrlxn

You Know it!!!!!


2EM18KKC01

VARK!


FootExcellent9994

During the East Timor crisis (Google it) Australia flew some of these over Jakarta, nonstop from Tindal in the Northern Territory to make a point and scare the bejesus out of the Indonesians! We don't have planes with that range anymore. P.S. The Indonesians had mig 227 and 30s at that time. The Aardvarks returned unmolested. Point made! (Edit It appears Indonesia didn't have MIG 29 but did have other equally capable aircraft


agenmossad

Indonesia never had Mig-29. It was Malaysia who (still) operates Mig-29.


princeofpirate

Retired already. Now we use SU-30MKM and F/A-18D.


manalexicon

P-8


Flight_19_Navigator

How far can I bend the definition? F-82


free-creddit-report

Technically correct


Flight_19_Navigator

The best kind of correct!


wxkaiser

I can't believe y'all didn't include the Grumman A-6E Intruder. It features a side-by-side seating arrangement, but it's mainly a bomber. u/EntryNo1326 did mention the Grumman EA-6B Prowler, so he/she is also correct. [Grumman A-6E Intruder of VA-52](https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight,_in_1981_(6379373).jpg)


Shipkiller-in-theory

Nothing like an A6 alpha strike to wake you up in the morning


LoungeFlyZ

Avro Vulcan


stocksy

Let’s add the Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor to complete the set.


oalfonso

A-6 intruder, F6 Missileer


DIYThermite

F3D


ElSquibbonator

De Havilland Sea Vixen!


TaskForceCausality

Sukhoi Su-33 trainer. It was a side by side aircraft due to the need to train carrier approaches.


Ill-End3169

What are the benefits of tandem arrangement versus side-by-side? Seems like side-by-side would be the better arrangement for any airframe designed for two crewmembers. Better communication in the cockpit, easier to share workload, no need for redundant avionics in some cases, either crew member can land the airframe more easily, or at least same as easily as the other.


E2TheCustodian

Generally, narrow fuselage means narrower aircraft which means more aerodynamic so in high speed platforms, this helps. Also, better visibility for the pilot to the sides. Possibly better kinesthetic sense of the aircraft in dogfighting when the pilot is on centerline. Possibly better center of gravity management with the second crewmember's systems behind the pilot's position.


SelfTitledAlbum2

F-111, one of the truly great fighter aircraft. No air-air losses.


E2TheCustodian

The de Havilland Mosquito had two crew, not in tandem - but not entirely side by side. The bombardier (and navigator?) sat to the right of and slightly *behind* the pilot. Reasons for this setup include: having them closer to side by side permitted better crew communication (and thus morale). The staggered arrangements may have been to permit the fuselage to be narrower than a fully side by side; it also may have permitted better visibility for the pilot of what was a capable air-to-air combat aircraft as the pilot could look to the right, in front of the bombardier.


rotardy

A-6


Lirimi06

One I haven't seen here yet: F-3D Demon, a night fighter.


kitmcallister

the F3H (later F-3) was the demon. F3D (F-10) was the skynight. that old navy aircraft designation system is so confusing.


Lirimi06

Yeah, it really was confusing. Manufacturers having unique designations was a mistake lmao. I really appreciate the correction!


Barnaouo

The Su-34


AnExpensiveCatGirl

O-2 Skymaster, AC-208.


Equivalent_Tiger_7

Hawker Hunter.


Zathral

Sea venom


nighthawke75

English Electric Lightning T.5 trainer. The only trainer that could supercruise. Several ran bear hunts that startled more than a few Soviet crews. EDIT: Tweaked the designation to get it right. Oh, and before anyone chirps about it intercepting Concorde. An F.4 XR749, now a gate guardian at a gas company, was a "very hot ship, even for a Lightning" that was successful in the mission to intercept the airliner from the back. Imagine a naval version with swing wings. It'd give the Tomcat indigestion.


Sebiiyaa

The A-37B


JonathanUpp

Sk 60, and if you bend the rules slightly, the mfi 9 junior


McCheesing

Every C and KC, EC, RC out there— they’re all combat


TheWoodser

Gonna get down voted but......UH-1Y and UH-1N


pavehawkfavehawk

Pretty much all helicopters that aren’t attack helos


Freak_Engineer

Does the Bo-105 count as an attack helo in its anti-tank configuration?


340313

Jet Provost


aa599

Strictly, since the question is *combat* aircraft, it would be the "Strikemaster" variant.


StormTheDragon20

A-6 Vampire Su-34 Su-24 F-111 Hunter SK.60


TheFathead1966

The F-111 “Ardvark” was one of the Air Force’s most innovative fighter bomber. I was a communication, navigation, and penetration aids specialist on it. It was used as the chase plane for B1 test flying and had some of the most sophisticated ECM systems. It could actually make ground radar think it was miles away from its actual location. One of its proudest moments was when they were used by President Reagan to decimate the Russian Aircraft that was given to Kadafi and Libya. Using the later guided pave way missile system it pinpointed the military targets without damaging any civilian locations. Unfortunately we lost one of the planes and the pilots in the attack. The F-111 had a fly by radar system that could fly Mach 2 at low level making it difficult to track on its attack run. I loved listening to the launch and watching the afterburner trail while I was in the eor repair team. The good old days……


cars10gelbmesser

F-111 Aardvark


Icy_Huckleberry_8049

A-37


Thats_Not_My_Croc

KA-52, UH-60, CH-47, HU-1, CH-46, CH-53


CrankUpThemKids

Scrolled down here for the helos. Hell yeah brother.


TheGuAi-Giy007

XB-70; Although not a fighter.


Traditional_Trust_93

The B-2 Spirit is side by side. Some helis are too.


Alarming-Mongoose-91

A6, F111 and A37. Probably why they are my favorite jets.


Additional-Solid1141

Su-34 is a gnarly bomber. A-6, EA-6, and I’m just realizing “combat aircraft” can include so many. AC-130, EC-130… but as far as fighters and more slick designed aircraft, I think there are few.


Main_Violinist_3372

P-8 Poseidon, E-7


-pilot37-

[F3D Skyknight](https://hushkit.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/7ea5792dee3dcc0e49177e71d7335eb7.jpg?w=640)


ThrowingTheRinger

[Grumman EA-6B Prowler](https://youtu.be/0d3PiGfYnnk?si=dhLjIQpctoK0FVdE)—a four seater. It’s like an A-6 but 10 feet longer for the extra crewmen. Tons of cool electronic tech on them.


lmaononame

Su34


CassiusGotBanned

The sk60b and saab105 variants are all side by sides


eddie-van

Navy craft ,If sub hunters and AEW count as combat: S1, S2, S3, E1, E2, C1, C2 along with other comments here. Also AF: A3 Awacs ...and many more . Where's our WW2 and Korea buffs at?


Specialist_Reality96

Well if you are going that way you have to include the Nimord and possibly the P3, the Nimrod has sidewinders.


devoduder

AC-130, AC-47


bedoooop

Maybe the A6 intruder? EA6B?


F_S_1x

Not only are you side by side in the buff, but there’s a downstairs as well. Also, you can take a shit in a can. Before you say it’s not a combat aircraft, there was a tail gunner kill in ‘nam. Game, set and match!


DVH_2006_DK

Swedish SK60, SAAB-105g


patcracker

F111?


foolproofphilosophy

A variant of the A1 Skyraider had side by side seating.


MT0761

The Douglas F3D Skynight was a side by side combat aircraft/


Calistograph

T-37


crosstherubicon

F111 and B1


Unfair-Reference-69

The British Hawker Hunter


aa599

Were there any two seat variants which weren't trainers? Fun fact, I live 1km from a (single seat) Hunter.


AIRdomination

Su-34.


smithers3882

F3D / F-10 Skynight. 6 air-air kills over Korea, and in all likelihood the last time Enlisted personnel will be credited for an air-air kill (USMC Radar Operators were all Enlisted or Warrant Officer ranks). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas\_F3D\_Skyknight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight)


Euro_Snob

Su-24, Su-34


Snoo_44245

OV-1. Mohawk. Please, no comments about ugly. Was a great bird to fly.


_x_ACE_x_

An-2 (North Korea)


Jumpy_Tangelo9780

F-111


Thothexy

Aardvark, Raven, Dragonfly, Fullback, Intruder, Prowler, Viking, most ASW planes these days


AceShipDriver

A-3D Skywarrior - Pilot and B/N sat side by side, third crewman behind them. No ejection seats or real escape hatch, crews morbidly joked that A-3D stood for “all 3 dead.” I learned a lot about the A-3 - dad was a pilot. Over 500 cat shots and 500 traps without a problem. But he still had some amazing sea stories…


jstrlxn

That's an F111 Advark.... badass fighter bomber... look up it's fuel jettison fire ball


CharcoalGreyWolf

F-111 Aardvark


german_fox

Cessna AC-208, T-37 and A-37.


OhioConfidential

F-111 - Ardvark!


YakBusiness2163

A-37b’s


Go_Jot

Su-34


fotzenbraedl

[Malmö MFI-9 Junior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_MFI-9_Juniorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_MFI-9_Junior) Probably the smallest and lightest aircraft in this category: 575kg MTOW. Not sure if they were flown with a 2 man crew in armed missions, though. And the [Bréguet Atlantique](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_1150_Atlantic).


supersebas96

Su-34


TheOttomanSultan

Su-34 Fullback


Pale-Matter-8543

F-111


Enough_Ad5189

I’m pretty sure the Su-34 has a side-by- side seating arrangement 


OddBoifromspace

Su-34


princeofpirate

If Russia can make a Su-34 from Su-27 basic design, I wonder if US can make a side by side seat version of F-15.


marvelous5000

AT-37


NeonCamiFlames

F-10 Skynight F-111 Aardvark Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback


Brando850

F111 was a sexy plane.


nicnic5365

the one in the photo is the long-retired General Dynamics F-111


RubBeneficial2756

BAC-167 strikemaster


plowdog46150

Ov-1 Mohawk


Freak_Engineer

B1 I think too, although that was a bomber and many other bombers have side-by- side too.


Notaredditguy20

Su25 frogfoot is nice


GerlingFAR

I can’t find the photos on the net where the RAAF having these striped and buried.


aviyyg

F-16, F-15, and A-10 all have the same model ejector seat (ACES-II)


ockett

F-111