April 7, 2019
Can the U.S. Marine Corps Use F-35s to Wage Electronic Warfare?
Now that the service has retired the last of its EA-6B Prowler radar-jamming planes.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
The U.S. Marine Corps is trying to figure out how to wage electronic warfare now that the service has retired the last of its EA-6B Prowler radar-jamming planes.
The Prowler, a four-seat version of the long-retired, two-seat A-6 attack plane, finally bowed out of service in March 2019.
The Prowler carried AN/ALQ-99 jamming pods under its wings and also could fire High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, or HARMs. Navy and Marine Corps EA-6Bs suppressed and destroyed enemy air defenses in every major American conflict after 1970.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/can-us-marine-corps-use-f-35s-wage-electronic-warfare-51197
