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Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler. The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid-wing aircraft manufactured by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corporation as a modification of the basic A-6 Intruder airframe. Designed for carrier and advanced base operations, the Prowler is a fully integrated electronic warfare system combining long-range, all-weather capabilities with advanced electronic countermeasures. A forward equipment bay and pod-shaped faring on the vertical fin house the additional avionics equipment. The Prowler has a crew of four, a pilot and three Electronic Counter-measures Officers (known as ECMOs). Powered by two non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J52-P408 turbojet engines, it is capable of speeds of up to 950 km/h with a range of 1,840 kilometers. Since EW operations is very demanding, the Prowler is a high-maintenance aircraft and undergoes frequent equipment upgrades more than any other aircraft in the Navy. Although primarily designed as an electronic escort and command and control platform for strike missions, the EA-6B is also capable of attacking surface targets on its own especially radars, SAM launchers, and other enemy defenses. The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is the primary offensive strike weapon of the Prowler. In addition, the aircraft is highly capable of conducting electronic intelligence (ELINT) collection. An earlier EA-6A "Electric Intruder" was developed during the Vietnam War. Basically a straightforward conversion of the standard two-seat A-6 airframe fitted with EW equipment, it was essentially an interim aircraft used only by a few USMC squadrons. The much more advanced and substantially redesigned EA-6B first flew on 25 May 1968 and entered service with VAQ-132 'Scorpions' in July 1971 and saw combat in Vietnam a few months later. About 125 Prowlers remain today, divided between 12 Navy, 4 Marine, and 4 joint Navy-Air Force squadrons. When the US Air Force retired the EF-111 Raven, an aircraft similar in mission to the EA-6B, because of budget cuts the Navy agreed to share with it a number of "expeditionary" Prowler squadrons composed of Navy and USAF personnel. Though it remains in service today, the EA-6B Prowler is slated to be replaced after 2009 by the EA-18G, a new electronic warfare derivative of the F/A-18E Super Hornet. |
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