The EA-18G Growler is similar to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, the type of jet used by the Navy Blue Angels, and includes sophisticated electronic warfare devices.
Freeze warning Wyoming County. Frost advisory for the rest of WNY tonight. Scattered frost may harm some of your plants without protection.FILE – A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 132 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island takes-off during Red Flag 21-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 26, 2021. The two crew members are still not accounted for as of Wednesday morning after the Navy EA-18G Growler crashed around 3:23 p.m.
According to the Navy's website, the similarities between Growler and Super Hornet jets allow the Growler room for future upgrades and growth.The Growler test aircraft began production in 2004 and made its first flight in 2006. It wasn't until 2008 that the first production aircraft arrived at Whidbey Island, and the jet wasn't used in combat until 2011.
"Within the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy is the Growler’s sole operator, although the EA-18G is cooperatively operated with the Royal Australian Air Force," the Navy wrote on its website., an aircraft that is no longer operated. The Prowler, which arrived at NASWI in 1971, required one pilot and three electronic counter-measures officers to operate.
Before the Growler, the Prowler was a critical aircraft used to jam and destroy enemy radars. The Prowler was instrumental in Operation Desert Storm in 1991,Combatant commanders use the Super Hornet to conduct offensive and defensive air combat missions, attack ground targets, refuel other aircraft while in the air, and provide organic tactical reconnaissance capability.
The Growler, meanwhile, is used by combatant commanders to counter enemy radar and communications, jam integrated air defense systems, "support non-integrated air defense missions and emerging non-lethal target sets, and
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