2018年12月7日 · Indeed, their EA-6A ‘Electric Intruder’ was the most capable electronic warfare aircraft of the conflict. From the mid-1950s the Marines’ reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare (EW) capability was found in three Composite squadrons, VMCJ-1, VMCJ-2 and VMCJ-3.

It was redesignated the EA-6A in September 1962. Prior to the contract award Grumman had completed preliminary design studies in 1960-61 that described the required modifications to the A2F-1 Intruder to support the intended role of a dedicated Electronic Warfare aircraft.

The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a twinjet all-weather attack aircraft developed and manufactured by American aircraft company Grumman Aerospace. It was formerly operated by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.

The EA-6A is recognized as the premier U.S. tactical ECM support aircraft in the Vietnam era employing a full spectrum receiving system integrated with up to 20 steerable high power radar jammers housed in 5 external pods, two chaff dispensing pods, and a state-of- the art communications jammer.

Operated by both the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy between 1971 and 2019, it was derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The aircraft's immediate predecessor, the EA-6A, was an interim conversion of the A-6 airframe to perform electronic warfare missions during the 1960s. In 1966, work on the more advanced EA-6B commenced.

Formed in 1990 to serve the interests of active duty, retired and former Marines of all ranks & MOS who have served or are currently serving in Marine Corps aviation reconnaissance or electronic warfare units.

2007年2月3日 · From what I’ve heard, Grumman retrofitted many EA6A’s to EA6B’s and many of the A’s you see around the the boneyards or elseware, suffer structural dammage. The A6 has gone but was a killer in it’s time.

As such, the ALQ-86 system was never used on any other aircraft besides the EA6-A. We did ALL levels of maintenance on the system. The outfit even had one week of all of the EAs down, while two antenna specialists came in to check it out. It turned out that no …

Early in the 1960's, the Marine Corps made a significant and far-reaching decision. Recognizing the need for an aircraft designed from the ground up to perform tactical electronic warfare missions, it fought a hard fight against the dissenters of limited vision.

Following the US Marine Corps’ farewell to the EA-6B Prowler, we look at the origins of this electronic attack aircraft, which lie in a derivative of the A-6 Intruder, and which proved its worth time after time during the war in Vietnam.