Key Points and Summary - Born to replace the A-6, the A-12 Avenger II promised a stealth, carrier-based strike jet with internal weapons and composite skins. -Carrier robustness and low-observable ...

Key Points and Summary - The A-12 Avenger II was an ambitious 1980s U.S. Navy program to build a carrier-based stealth "flying wing" bomber to replace the A-6 Intruder. -It would have been the first ...

What You Need to Know: The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II program, intended to produce a carrier-based stealth bomber for the U.S. Navy, became a cautionary tale of military procurement... What You ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: In the years that followed, the United States government and the A-12 Avenger II’s contractors, McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics, would go through repeated ...