[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Incorrect. Prudent mission tasking always dictates the launching of fighter cover for CAP with the Prowlers or rendezvous with fighters prior to arrival at the insertion point. If enroute the Prowler detects a threat emitter, it can be suppressed with a HARM, which the EA-6B is/can be armed with.

[Poohbah]

But now we're back to the same problem...there is an inherent mismatch between airframes here.

Also, if ECM is THAT manual-ops intensive, install a datalink and have two more ECMOs back on the ship.