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To: Red Badger

Isn’t a Growler an EA6-B type aircraft? Pictures here are showing it as an F-15.


10 posted on 10/21/2024 9:22:47 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SkyDancer

The Growler is based on a stretched F-18 air frame. So, basically a fighter made into an electronic warfare aircraft.

The EA6-B was based on the A-6 Intruder attack aircraft. Both of these have been retired.


11 posted on 10/21/2024 9:28:04 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: SkyDancer

Also, the EA-6B was a two seater in the attack aircraft, stretched into a four seater. The newer EA-18G went from one seat in the fighter to two. This is a benefit from improved electronics requiring less people to operate.


12 posted on 10/21/2024 9:32:34 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: SkyDancer

Nope. Wiki —> The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy.


15 posted on 10/21/2024 9:38:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: SkyDancer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler


16 posted on 10/21/2024 9:39:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SkyDancer

I doubt that the wokesters at the ST could tell the difference between an F18 and a Stuka.


19 posted on 10/21/2024 9:51:46 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: SkyDancer

What do you expect from Fake News.

Just like every handgun is a Glock.

The A-6 EW variant is long gone.


32 posted on 10/21/2024 12:06:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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