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To: BBell

We retired the last of the EA-6B eletronic warfare aircraft last I heard, short sighted in my eyes.
As far as I understand there are no more Intruders in our inventory.

The Avenger II program had more issues to it, I somewhat made it simplistic, but some of the issues could have been alleviated.
Like, the radar absorbing material it was initially designed with (supposedly) had iron filings embedded in it which made it unsuitable for seaborne operations.


12 posted on 03/19/2018 9:22:18 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

I just looked it up (wikipedia)and it states that the EA-6B Prowler is still in use with the Marine Corps and will remain until 2019.


13 posted on 03/19/2018 9:35:37 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Darksheare

EA-6B, those things would rattle your teeth, especially when launched from Cat 4. Make sure you duck!


22 posted on 03/20/2018 4:03:26 AM PDT by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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