Well here’s an interesting article:
Apparently come 2019 USMC EA-6Bs Prowlers will be withdrawn without replacement. Well the replacements are kind of mooted (UAC and F-35) but according to the article those capabilities are apparently years away after 2019.
That leaves the US electronic attack capability based exclusively on E/A-18Gs operated by USN.
The funny thing is USAF retired it’s EF-111A Sparkvarks and then relied on USN and USMC for EW support.
Now they’re going to lose access to the USMC component as well!
Meanwhile the USN’s 114 E/A-18G will be heavily tasked having to support not only USN CAGs but also USMC and USAF!
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September 24, 2013 at 4:23 am