Sunday, February 8, 2015

U.S. Marines EA-6B Prowlers refuel during mission over Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps EA-6Bs are taking part to missions in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some of the 27 remaining U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler jets are currently deployed to conducts electronic air defenseover Afghanistan. The EA-6Bs belong to the VMAQ-4 that deployed to Al Udeid, in Qatar, in August 2014. Since they arrived in Qatar, the Prowlers have launched missions to Syria and Iraq, as well as Afghanistan. 

In spite of their age, the aircraft are still valuable platforms capable to support any contingencies or operations which may need kinetic electronic attack:  they can spot and identify enemy signals, jam radar emissions and radio communications as well as gather intelligence and pin-point enemy forces on the ground.















http://theaviationist.com/2015/02/04/marine-corps-ea-6b-afghanistan/

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