A Day in Life of US Most Dangerous Weaponless Warplane Ever Built

[@Dave17101]

I was with VMAQ-2 and the EA-6B never was an Air Force aircraft. Second whoever told you an EA-6B had explosive cartridge start ability would surely fail their next urinalysis. They never had that ability and needed the Huffer or forced air underground utilities to start, and it didn't have a APU.

[@sexualmaniac]

Yeah. Us playboys loved the Midway. Apparently, the guy who narrated this clip never heard of a huffer.

[@TheDustysix]

Bengal 1977-81. Semper Fi.

[@SSO1025RET]

NAVY and MARINES. Never Air Force. The prowler was the loudest plane on the flight deck. You Ol’ timers agree?

[@danieljorge746]

I loved the EA 6B prowler when i was in Afghanistan 07-08, it saved us from so many attacks on the base and many ground combat forces from IED'S because of the radar jamming on the taliban cell phones from explosives remotely exploding. I love those Navy and Marine pilots

[@brianforce3010]

The engine starts were achieved via AIR Huffer, or Air Start Unit. A separate /small gas turbine engine that put out x amount of air to start the engines, all done through a air assisted starter attached to the gearbox on the engine. NAVY planes used these portable Air Start Units to start the J52-PW-408 engines, and to tow the a/c. The EA-6B was always a US Navy/US Marines only airctaft.

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

Great comment man thanks.

[@rickcrews5816]

I flew in a VAQ squadron 1970 to 1975 in an aircraft that was replaced by the Prowler the A-3 Skywarrior a twin engined jet. To the best of my knowledge the Prowler was Navy and Marine Corp only.

[@Hosscoller]

@rickcrews5816 We had a VAQ A-3 squadron out of Guam come on the Connie 78-82. I believe they decoded in 82

[@garymiller5937]

Very interesting! 😀😀😀😀😀

[@RonHowell-i6x]

A little fast and loose with the facts but still intresting

[@jollygreen4662]

Flight of the intruder is a great movie

[@geauxtigersdjs]

The book was better.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Real mavel of engineering!!!!

[@kellywilson8440]

The prowler was for sure the loudest aircraft on the flight deck during a cat launch , Those j-52 turbojets would rattle the fillings out of your head and a very capable jet at its job , Back in my time late eighties they could carry the agm-88 HARM missle depending on the mission . They were used by the US Navy and USMC !

[@Hosscoller]

Evidently you never heard an F-8 go into AB on the cat....... BOOM.... AT1(AW/SW) USN ret. 77-97. Prowlers were capable of carrying HARMS. I did my FRAMP at Whidbey. DECM tech.

[@kellywilson8440]

@@Hosscoller The F-8 was a little before my time but seen a few at NAS Cecil Field fla and for sure made the loud boom into afterburner , That must be crazy loud on the carrier . The EA-6b could carry the harm on certain mission for certain , I was in VFA-131 Wildcats AO , Sure miss it take care !

[@Hosscoller]

@@kellywilson8440 Seven WESTPACs on three different carriers. Connie x 3, 78-82, Enterprise x2 with VA-94 85-89, Lincoln x 2, 93-97. I'm still only 10 miles East of NAS Lemoore. Work for Boeing's Avionics Rework Facility. Retired 06/21.

[@kellywilson8440]

@@Hosscoller Roger that looks like you had a nice career in the Navy , I went to prp school in 1984 VFA-125 at NAS Lemoore and enjoyed my time there just over 3 months , Thanks for your service as well !

[@Hosscoller]

@@kellywilson8440 I worked for Boeing in their Avionics Repair Facility..... yep BARF-W... West Right there in VFA-125s hanger MOD, 97-21. That little building sticking out in front of the hanger. It's now VFA-122s hanger, E/Fs, and VFA-125 went down the road to the smaller hanger and is the Lightning II RAG.

[@HunterXray]

I'm relatively certain the Prowler was a US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft? Not US Air Force?

[@ericjane747]

Correct. Navy and Marines. Air Force was first the F-4 Wild weasel then the Ef-111.

[@jamram9924]

@@ericjane747Last time the F-4G WW flew was in Desert Storm. The EF-111 was treated about the same timeframe due to age and the fall of the Iron Curtain. I heard many stories of WW missions over Vietnam and Desert Storm.

[@Darknamja]

Did he mention the addition of two more crewmembers to the Prowler? If so I missed it. 🤨

[@cdg-hzg]

"The EA-6B has been one of the Air Force's great tools for electronic countermeasures." The EA-6B was never used by the USAF. It was used by the US Navy and Marine Corps. The corresponding USAF electronic countermeasure aircraft was the EF-111.

[@robertclay1150]

The Air Force never had EAX B’s, but they always borrowed them from the Marines and the Navy and Navy Marine Corps will fly them

[@cdg-hzg]

@@robertclay1150 See the quote marks I used? I was quoting a line from the video. My second sentence said that. I don't know about the USAF "borrowing" EA-6Bs from the Marines or Navy, but I expect they did have support from them. Especially in Vietnam. But, as late as the 1st Gulf War they were using their own EF-111s.

[@TheRebelOne.]

You are talking about pen knives in a kit that cuts wood etc.....please!! Keep it to the point about planes .

[@gordonelwell7084]

Weaponless?? I think not . . .

[@AllenChandler-jx2uf]

The EA- 6B Prowler was a Navy/Marine acft . It had a crew of four. It was used for jamming enemy radar.

[@g-man2228]

Get your facts straight….🙄

[@elmerdelgado5835]

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[@ricklederman]

Look at 12:51 ... there you will see a USAF F16, definitely not a weaponless airplane.

[@AnitaJobby]

PRECISELY 🤌🙏🏻

[@kempmt1]

This is another aircraft that I miss seeing on a carrier flight deck, but I remember that it is a U.S. Navy aircraft, not an Air Force aircraft! And I don’t think that they should be considered “weapon less”

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

For sure in Cavalese…

[@envitech02]

Air Force???

[@rp4186]

EF-111A was the original. It had no armaments but could go super sonic.

[@joeboyrst2364]

1st

[@ricg2011]

The prowler can carry HARM missles, so why are you calling it weaponless? ALSO, It is NOT an Air Force plane ( Navy), and it does not use an explosive cartridge starter.

[@briancooper2112]

Airforce had EF-111. Which was retired without a replacement aircraft. USAF was stupid to replace the EF-111 without a replacement. Unbelievable.

[@richglester]

👍🏻

[@hamzaouamrouche57]

Electronic counter measure combat or warfare devices system with plane e6b.attle

[@mikeh.753]

Wasn't it armed with Shrike missiles then the Harm missile?? So it wasn't weaponless. Maybe it was defenseless against airborne threats but it always had escort by the most powerful fighters at the time the F-14 Tomcats.

[@Hosscoller]

@@mikeh.753 EA-6Bs fried the RADARS on the Iranian F-4s during Operation Preying Mantis April 88. We also had the DLQ-3 to decieve the AWG-9 in the Iranian Tomcats.

[@mikeh.753]

@@Hosscoller I heard a story about a US AE-6B shutting off the power in a major southern California city when the Navy was doing exercises off the coast back in the early 80's. So yeah, I believe that aircraft can do things electronically that no other aircraft can do. It's was so advanced for it's time. And we are just starting to see what the EA-18G do. And I'm sure it's pretty capable. So in a way it does have offensive measures against some air borne threats.

[@mesha979]

pershian golf is right .not golf alone.(time 8:07-8)

[@danjones5848]

I let a bunch of "facts" that were wrong go, but when he started talking about the jets going green I was done.

[@ing.pacolh7458]

La guerre le foot la bière what else?

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

Don t know what your talking about plus all pilots have survival equip

[@danielschmitt1935]

VAQ-141 here out of Whidbey island washington.

[@Hosscoller]

@@danielschmitt1935 Did my FRAMP training there before going to the Connie. Aug. 78- Feb. 79. DECM tech, worked in w/c 64C, the Prowler ALQ-99s were in w/c-64B. The 99 Test room was lead lined, even though we transmitted into dummy loads.

[@daves328]

Light on detail and heavy on fillers.

[@Stinger110]

Why make a video about a plane that had been retired 🤔

[@andreandree4384]

Why not, it's history. It's good to know even retired

[@warrenwalker2665]

America's pilots should not be chemming Americans.

[@vanroeling2930]

You all spent too much won the retired Prowler

[@pogonomyrmexrugosus6240]

Where do people come up with this shite?

[@David-c1t3p]

waste

[@danieljorge746]

Some of these non military narrators are a joke, they don't even know what branch they're talking about. I served 29 years in the Air Force with 25 in Air transportation and I know my aircraft and what branch it belongs to.

[@ing.pacolh7458]

La guerre c'est pas facile tous les jours il faut être en forme et ne pas oublier de se brosser les dents de se laver derrière les oreilles pendant la douche

[@sabeurcableur4686]

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[@markhamersly1664]

All, I never understood WHY the DoD chose the EA-6, over the EF-111A. THE EF-111A only put two lives at risk, and flew just as fast as the strike packages they supported. The ALQ-99 was all internal, powered by generators on the TF-30 turbofans, didn't need the tanker support the EA-6 did, provider better stand-off jamming, and on top of everything, the EA-6 had the ALQ-99 mounted in external, drag-producing, pods that were powered by wind-powered turbines on the front of each pod. Seems stupid to me...Hammer USAF SSgt; US Army CW4/SrAviator

[@i7emen13Go]

с такой старой техникой - это армия неудачи )) А-ха-ха

[@alevans51]

Quack, Quack! Walks like a duck, flies like a duck! (Obsolete)