Sabtu, Agustus 15, 2009

First Growler for USN

U.S. Navy (U.S. Navy) receive aircraft EA-18g Growler's first to be operated. The aircraft made by Boeing is the latest electronic attack aircraft, which is a combination of strike aircraft Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet Block 2 to the receiving system ALQ-218 (V) 2 which was developed by Northrop Grumman, which has the ability of future generations of electronic attack, next-generation electronic attack capability.
USN chose this aircraft to replace the EA-6B Prowler that has operated since 1971. USN Growler which is actually received since September last year has been operated for testing and operational development. After the transition from Prowler to Growler completed in 2013, USN will have 85 aircraft EA-18g to support operational and training squadrons.

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