The Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman) EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, four-seat, mid-wing electronic warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6A was the initial electronic warfare version of the A-6 used by the United States Marine Corps in the 1960s. Development on the more advanced EA-6B began in 1966. An EA-6B aircrew consists of one pilot and three Electronic Countermeasures Officers, though it is not uncommon for only two ECMOs to be used on missions. It is capable of carrying and firing anti-radiation missiles (ARM), such as the AGM-88 HARM missile.
Prowler has been in service with the U.S. Armed Forces since 1971. It has carried out numerous missions for jamming enemy radar systems, and in gathering radio intelligence on those and other enemy air defense systems. From the 1998 retirement of the United States Air Force EF-111 Raven electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-6B was the only dedicated electronic warfare plane available for missions by the United States Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Air Force until the fielding of the Navy's EA-18G Growler in 2009. Following its last deployment in late 2014, the EA-6B was withdrawn from U.S. Navy service in June 2015. The USMC plans to operate the Prowler until 2019.
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998, also called the Strage del Cermis ("Massacre at Cermis") occurred on February 3, 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people died when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft while flying too low, against regulations, cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway. The pilot, Captain Richard J. Ashby, and his navigator, Captain Joseph Schweitzer, were put on trial in the United States and were found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Later they were found guilty of obstruction of justice and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman for having destroyed a videotape recorded from the plane and were dismissed from the Marine Corps. The disaster, and the subsequent acquittal of the pilots, strained relations between the United States and Italy
Arabian Gulf - EA-6B Prowler is directed around the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
B-roll of airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refueling a Navy EA-6B and Air Force F-16 Fighting falcon over Iraq. Produced by Staff Sgt. Nyx Z. Nieves Lopez..
Arabian Gulf - An EA-6B Prowler is directed around the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) and onto catapults to be launched.F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers return to and launch from the aircraft USS George H.W. Bush supporting strike, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. These missions help increase U.S. capacity to target ISIL, and coordinate the activities of the U.S. military across Iraq. U.S. Marine F/A 18 Hornet's and Navy EA-6B receives in-air refueling over Afghanistan by a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Al Udeid, Qatar, May 8, 2014. The 340th EARS is the largest air refueling squadron in the U.S. Air Force with over 50,000 combat hours. AlsoA mission-feature of VMAQ-2, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron-2 “Death Jesters” --though they prefer their vintage squadron moniker, the “Playboys,” a nod to the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Marine Corps Aviation. They provide top cover on the electromagnetic spectrum to coalition forces in Afghanistan. Includes sound bites from Capt. Dan Gibbon, EA-6B Pilot, Capt. Garon Taylor-Tyree, EA-6B ECMO and Lance Cpl. Calvin Spears, EA-6B Plane Captain.
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