Electronic Warfare
US Air Force tests electronic warfare capabilities with fighter, recon and bomber aircraft
Mark Pomerleau
The Air Force concluded a test event evaluating the F-35's ability to provide Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses for other stealthy platforms. (Master Sgt. Ben Mota/U.S. Air Force)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has concluded a two-day, $1.4 million exercise that evaluated the F-35 fighter jet’s ability to provide its electronic warfare capabilities to other stealthy reconnaissance and bombing platforms.
The event, which took place Aug. 4-6 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, tested the ability for the F-35 to provide Suppression of Enemy Air Defense, or SEAD, support for other stealthy platforms such as the B-2 and the RQ-170 reconnaissance drone, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the Air Force.
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