I pre-bought the A-6e when it first was introduced. For a while I considered it mid until I began using the aim-9Ls. Since then I used it to grind US air but ever since it got moved to 10.7 it just seems so unusable. The radar missiles, J-7Bs and Mig-23s are among a few of its main problems. Its one of the slowest planes at the br. In my opinion it should return to 10.3 where it belongs. I agree that it could be 10.7 ground but in air rb it has no place being 10.7.
It’s got the same problem as the A-10’s / Su-25’s, where snail opted to give it missiles far better than its flight performance, and unfortunately, those alone dictate them being as high in BR as they are.
There is a lot of flare-less aircraft at 9.3, who have absolutely zero business fighting a plane with four all aspect 9L’s like A6E has.
Trying to engage an A6E in something like a Mig19 / Ariete etc is extremely difficult when he has a 2-3 mile frontal radius of a point and click insta death.
AIM-9L has no business fighting 9.3 jets. A-6, A-10, Su-25 all deservedly went up. I would not like to see them clubbing flareless jets anymore.
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So what you saying is that the A-6E is too powerful to be moved down to 10.3 while not being powerful enough to be used effectively at 10.7. I agree, the aim-9l’s are too powerful to be going against 9.3 flare-less aircraft but as it sits right now it’s a worse a-10c at a higher br.
the A-7 staring back at the same br with two rear aspect missiles: 
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The A-7s fly quite nicely and do have the lovely vulcan at least.
i can make it work reliably tbh. I only played it twice in ground rb lol