Aircraft

DATE:03/08/06
SOURCE:Flight International
Pictures: Boeing rolls out EA-18G Growler F/A-18 electronic attack variant

The US Navy today rolled-out the first of two Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet test aircraft converted into EA-18G Growler airborne electronic-attack (AEA) variants (pictured below). 

The aircraft is the sucessor to the ageing EA-6B Prowler as a Mach 1.8 fighter jet escort and radar jammer. The Growler is fitted with an array of electronic warfare aids including ALQ-99, ALQ-79 and ALQ-218 jamming pods.

TheEA-18G test aircraft is due to perform first flights in September.


EA-18G rollout 01 W445
EA-18G roll-out 02 W445
EA-18G on ground W445


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