Production
Flight of the Intruder was filmed partly on the USS Independence (CV-62). She went out for two weeks of filming in November 1989. The film crew kept the ship's fire party busy with numerous small electrical fires started with their lighting equipment.
A-6E Intruders from VA-165 Boomers were used for the film. Members of the Boomers spent 2 weeks on the Independence, and Paramount rented the carrier at a cost of $1,000,000 a day.
The ship seen on plane guard station in the background as Grafton threw Morg's fuzzy dice overboard after his memorial service was USS William H. Standley (CG-32).
Future US Senator Fred Thompson played a major speaking part during the court-martial sequence of the film, portraying a Captain in the Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. Ed O'Neill was originally cast in the movie but when the movie was screened for test audiences, they laughed at him, as they all perceived him as his Married With Children character, Al Bundy. The director recast his character and reshot those scenes. Naval Air Station Barbers Point Hawaii hanger 111 HSL-37 and VC-1 hanger housed the A-6 intruder during filming in Hawaii.
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