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IBM APS-116 sensor installation in the radome for the Grumman A-6B Intruder. See more in comments here:

Grumman A-6 Intruder nose radome modified with sensors to detect enemy radars for Intruders converted to A-6B "Iron Hand" configuration. Approximately 19 A-6Bs were built/converted from A-6A configuration for use in the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) role (via use of the AGM-78 Standard Anti-Radiation Missile or "STARM") during the Vietnam War. See: steeljawscribe.com/2008/10/02/flightdeck-friday-iron-hand...

The serial is wrong. It is 63-8301. Info from Joe Baughers website. 63-8301 (MSN F78) 1967: USAF 357th TFS (355th TFW). Capt Lo K. Thorsness awarded Medal of Honor and Capt Harold Hohnson awardedAir Force Cross for mission Apr 19, 1967. They protected an attempted rescue of another Wild Weasel crew, in the process shooting down two MiG-17s. After running out of ammunition, the crew continued to act as decoys to draw MiGs away from the rescue aircraft. 1969-70: USAF 357th TFS (355th TFW). USAF 561st TFS. 1972: USAF 36th TFW. 1974: USAF 35th TFW. Plane crashed with 35th TFW near Cuddyback Range, CA due to engine failure Dec 20, 1974. Both crew survived. A plane marked at 63-8301 is on static display at Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama