EA-6B prowler retires
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they've always cost a fortune to maintain................
50 year old design with a lot of 20 year old electronics scabbed on........ unless you have a few hangars full of spares they'll spend more time out of action than in
50 year old design with a lot of 20 year old electronics scabbed on........ unless you have a few hangars full of spares they'll spend more time out of action than in
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Does this mean that the USN will no longer jam all IFF modes over a live theatre of operations while they conduct a bit of work-up training? (Same CBG that kept misidentifying all returning Allied aircraft as Assumed Hostile on their first day of ops, and also persisted in launching fighters directly through the Adriatic tanker towlines).
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Very aerodynamic 
Is there a tanker pod in there as well?
Is there a tanker pod in there as well?
Indeed- lots of stuff hanging out in the breeze...
I think the Growler would be a perfect candidate for the overwing conformal tanks as trialed on the F.
I think the Growler would be a perfect candidate for the overwing conformal tanks as trialed on the F.
