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To: SeaHawkFan
Yeah, but it was the EW warfare aircraft of choice by both the U.S. Navy AND Air Force during the two gulf wars.

Not quite. The Marine Corps and the Navy flew the Prowler during Desert Storm. The Air Force was still flying the EF-111. Following the retirement of the Raven in 1998 the EA-6B was deemed a national asset. The decision was then made to allow Air Force crews to operate Navy Prowlers in what are known as Purple expeditionary squadrons but the aircraft belong to and are maintained by the Navy. The Air Force does not have a dedicated SEAD platform.

33 posted on 11/15/2010 9:36:49 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

The concrete EA-6B squadrons only had 4 USAF officers in each. The rest of the squadron was all Navy.


36 posted on 11/15/2010 9:54:34 PM PST by Mr Rogers (When an ass brays, don't reply)
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