THE JOB OF THE EA-6B PROWLER GRUMMAN AVIATION FILM 81802

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Dating to the late 1970s or early 1980s, this U.S. Navy film shows THE JOB OF THE PROWLER. It shows A-6s, F-14 Tomcats, E2-Cs, A-7 Corsairs flying off the USS Independence CVA-62. The Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman) EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, four-seater, mid-wing electronic warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6A was the initial electronic warfare version of the A-6 used by the United States Marine Corps in the 1960s. Development on the more advanced EA-6B began in 1966. An EA-6B aircrew consists of one pilot and three Electronic Countermeasures Officers, though it is not uncommon for only two ECMOs to be used on missions. It is capable of carrying and firing anti-radiation missiles (ARM), such as the AGM-88 HARM missile.
Prowler has been in service with the U.S. Armed Forces since 1971. It has carried out numerous missions for jamming enemy radar systems, and in gathering radio intelligence on those and other enemy air defense systems. From the 1998 retirement of the United States Air Force EF-111 Raven electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-6B was the only dedicated electronic warfare plane available for missions by the United States Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Air Force until the fielding of the Navy's EA-18G Growler in 2009. Following its last deployment in late 2014, the EA-6B was withdrawn from U.S. Navy service in June 2015.
The EA-6A "Electric Intruder" was developed for the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1960s to replace its EF-10B Skyknights. The EA-6A was a direct conversion of the standard A-6 Intruder airframe, with two seats, equipped with electronic warfare (EW) equipment. The EA-6A was used by three Marine Corps squadrons during the War in Vietnam. A total of 27 EA-6As were produced, with 15 of these being newly manufactured ones. Most of these EA-6As were retired from service in the 1970s with the last few being used by the Navy with two electronic attack "aggressor" squadrons, with all examples finally retired in the 1990s. The EA-6A was essentially an interim warplane until the more-advanced EA-6B could be designed and built.
A Marine EA-6A Intruder over Cherry Point, 1978. The two-seat EA-6A would be followed by the four-seat EA-6B Prowler.
The substantially redesigned and more advanced EA-6B was developed beginning in 1966 as a replacement for EKA-3B Skywarriors for the U.S. Navy. The forward fuselage was lengthened to create a rear area for a larger four-seat cockpit, and an antenna fairing was added to the tip of its vertical stabilizer.Grumman was awarded a $12.7 million contract to develop an EA-6B prototype on 14 November 1966. The Prowler first flew on 25 May 1968, and it entered service on aircraft carriers in July 1971. Three prototype EA-6Bs were converted from A-6As, and five EA-6Bs were developmental airplanes. A total of 170 EA-6B production aircraft were manufactured from 1966 through 1991.
The EA-6B Prowler is powered by two turbojet engines, and it is capable of high subsonic speeds. Due to its extensive electronic warfare operations, and the aircraft's age (produced until 1991), the EA-6B is a high-maintenance aircraft, and it also has undergone more frequent equipment upgrades than any other aircraft in the Navy or Marine Corps. Although designed as an electronic warfare and command-and-control aircraft for air strike missions, the EA-6B is also capable of attacking some surface targets on its own, in particular enemy radar sites and surface-to-air missile launchers. In addition, the EA-6B is capable of gathering electronic signals intelligence.
The EA-6B Prowler has been continually upgraded over the years. The first such upgrade was named "expanded capability" (EXCAP) beginning in 1973. Then came "improved capability" (ICAP) in 1976 and ICAP II in 1980. The ICAP II upgrade provided the EA-6B with the capability of firing Shrike missiles and AGM-88 HARM missiles.
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[@williambinkley8879]

Serving on a frigate, we frequently played the bad guy in war games. I remember one time two Prowlers showed up on the edge of our radar coverage. Then they turned on their jammers and we were blind. Until they turned them off just before they flew over us. I’m glad they were on our side.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Which one?

[@williambinkley8879]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe The USS Hawes FFG-53

[@fex77k]

@@williambinkley8879 those ALQ99 jammers are liquid cooled, when they would test them you needed to be careful of RF rad leaks!

[@benwilmot3623]

My grandpa was the main naval test pilot for the EA6B prowler as well as multiple other aircraft. In Vietnam, he flew flight lead in the sole EA6B squadron. Pilots like these are amazing to learn from. I have become a pilot, inspired by him. God bless the US Navy.

[@matt1315s]

My dad was in the EA6B prowler squadron during Vietnam. He wasn't a pilot but he an Eletronic counter measure officer. He was Navy all the way.

[@ukoutdoors3022]

I remember seeing a piece on the news during the first gulf war. It showed a Prowler crew who had just returned to their carrier from a mission over Kuwait. They were just kids really, the pilot was the oldest, couldnt have been more than 25. After tangling with Saddams air defences, they went to get pizza like they'd just been bowling or something. Impressed the hell out of me.

[@phast1]

UK Outdoors now that makes me smile!

[@reginabernaldez1940]

0111

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Well that account seals it for me as far as the airwar in the gulf is concerned The definitive post unofficial report.

[@life_with_bernie]

Well, that was a blast from my past! I served under then Capt. Hunter back in the 1970s. Seeing him with 2 stars makes me happy. He was a good man and a fine commanding officer... and a heck of a lot of fun to run into in a hole-in-the-wall bar on the beach on Bastille Day in France.

[@Johnnycdrums]

The last six EA-6B Prowlers of Marine Squadron VMAQ-2 made their final curtain call this week. The last of the Grumman machines, the end of a historically great era of aviation. For some reason, whenever a ship of the line or military aircraft gets retired from service for the last time, it always feels like a funeral to me.

[@phmwu7368]

Drones took over...

[@thureintun1687]

Ea-18g growler is more capable as it's made up of 21 century aviation technologies. Ph MWU. there's no EWS capable unmanned vehicle as of now, the job of the EA-6 was directly took over by the growler.

[@nolankahler6705]

Thurein Tun except for the EA-6Bs in the Marines. Also the Block III EA-6Bs are arguably just as effective as the EA-18G... that is until the NGJ comes out in 2021 along with the block II Growler

[@nolankahler6705]

Ph MWU not in any fashion

[@PhilbyFavourites]

h2s: Surely “Pears”??

[@TheRogueWolf]

"We know we've done our job when we launch out on a strike with twelve or fifteen aircraft, and we come back and we still have twelve or fifteen aircraft." "One time we launched with twelve aircraft and we came back with fifteen aircraft. We're still not sure how that happened, but I think that's a net plus."

[@grahamcox8385]

The prowler is a very valuable aircraft indeed, very mission capable and without these air defence suppression aircraft the strike packages would simply not get to the target without being shot down by Sam's, the pilots are cool as anything while flying into the most insane defences and deserve the utmost honour and respect, much admiration for these skillful pilots 👍👊🇦🇺😊

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

I wish we had videos like this in todays society, that weren’t altered and destroyed by social media and other crap. Also, I just love the look of the Prowler! So cool!

[@SocialistDistancing]

In my opinion, social media is a social disease. It has actually caused just as many problems as it has solved. People say things behind the key board that they would never say in public.

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

Totally agree dude.

[@bmbpdk]

@@SocialistDistancing Fully agree sir!

[@oceanhome2023]

I like the look of it too but at first I thought it looked awkward with that refuelling rod on the front

[@bmbpdk]

@@oceanhome2023 Yep, it reminds me of those deepwater fish with that "lightbulb" for bait :-D

[@arthurfricchione8119]

Brian thanks for sharing. I’ve worked on them all. At one point in time every aircraft aboard a carrier was built by Grumman Aerospace. It was once called the Grumman Ironworks.At times all systems could not be activated without notifying the FAA. We flew very early morning missions because of how much of the East Coast would be blacked out. Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸

[@steveturner3999]

I remember overhearing a conversation between an EA6B crewmember and a Marine pilot at a Blue Angels homecoming airshow in Pensacola in November '86. They were discussing the strike against Libya earlier that year. The Marine pilot told the EA6B crewman he heard "they had toasters popping in Turkey" during the strike due to all the jamming the Prowlers put out. The EA6B crewman just smiled. I've heard jokes about them "frying birds in flight" due to the power they radiated. Very cool aircraft!

[@theresayr963]

My husband once said they could jam the NE Corridor with it

[@PaulBasso]

I was assigned to TACELECWARON 132 Scorpions in 1973-74, when they were flying the first model of EA-6B, known as LimCap (Limited Capabilities). Later, transferring to TACELECWARON 134 Garudas in 1974-76, we had the LimCaps but transitioned to the newer ExCap (Expanded Capability) Prowlers prior to the 1975 USS Forrestal cruise and partial USS Enterprise cruise. I never saw the cockpits of the ICap and later models of the EA-6B, because I went to shore duty NAS Whidbey Is, and later AKTRON 196 Main Battery A-6E Cains and KA-6D in-flight tankers. I left the Navy in Oct 1983, after 11 years mostly spent at Whidbey. Neither aircraft are around anymore because the Navy figured it would be more economical to operate just a couple of airframes off of carriers instead of many different ones.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@NCmtnDweller]

What a great era when the Armed forces had competent humans in said positions !!!

[@spearPYN]

A-6, A-7, F-4, F-14, EA-6B -- best Navy birds ever!

[@johnh8615]

Yayyy for 1980. Brings back so many memories as a child watching cricket and war hero’s on the tube with that iconic big moustache. Love the content.

[@motosocalpch7364]

Back when aircraft carriers had plentiful aircraft diversion this was the peak of the navy !

[@Fearless1247]

All we 3 have now is the hornet and the lightnig II all in the sense to save money...

[@jeffhoward9186]

That’s my plane for twenty years. A great plane and it did its job with greatness. She has served with honor and grace.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@bradleyrembolt]

Thank you for posting. My dad flew the EA6A in the Marines. I've always wanted to know more about it. He was stationed at NAS Cherry Point when I was born.

[@randybrunell1089]

Brad Rembolt Yep my dad also flew in VMAQ-2 in the mid 70s. Then Capt. Randy Brunell. I remember a ceremony at the hangar when they brought the ea-6b on board in the late 78. He never flew that plane as we were transfered to Camp Smith Hawaii, he never flew again. Havelock was some place to grow up in....I cant believe the Bunny did not show up until 12:30 into movie. lew

[@desertodavid]

Cherry Point is a Marine Corps Air Station, not Navy. MCAS CPNC is where I spent the vast majority of my Marine Corps career in the fixed-wing Fighter/ Attack Avionics community. 1976-1997.

[@desertodavid]

@@randybrunell1089 there were actually 4 Marine Corps EA-6B Q squadrons, VMAQ 1 VMAQ-2 VMAQ 3 and VMAQ 4

[@SFCRambo60]

I was station at Cherry Point North Carolina from 1970 to 1973 and to VMCJ-2 Which had EA-6s and RF-4Bs, I volunteered for a Med Cruise in 1971 on 3 Aircraft Carriers. I was a Hydraulic Mechanic on the EA-6As had good Officers and a lot of cool NCO's. The Squadron was the Playboys with the Playboy Rabbit head on the Tail.

[@SFCRambo60]

The Squadron asked Volunteers for another Med Cruise so I volunteered but at the last minute they changed our orders to go West Pack from 72-73. Got to Cubi Point Philippines and hooked up to Our Sister Squadron VMCJ-1 and we went by either KC-130 or C-130 into DaNang Vietnam or Ubon Thailand for 11 months. The USS Saratoga took me and 9 other Marines to Cubi Point. The Mediterranean Sea the Squadron went over on the USS Forestall to cross deck to the USS Saratoga than the Sorry Sara took on lots of water outside Athens Greece Harbor so crossed decked to the USS America than back to the Saratoga and home after 11 months.

[@graycloud057]

I was in the Persian gulf war/ Desert Storm. I saw the Intruders come over headed for Kuwait. I also saw them come back missing a team. It hurt my heart knowing those guys were down. I found out later they had been hit by AA and crashed, killing both men. 😔

[@spacedigger]

I love these old video's. Everything was more beautifull back then.

[@spearPYN]

they even spoken with different accent back then... I love the sound and Prowler was an amazing plane.

[@gunchief0811]

Even the killing!... GET SOME!!!

[@gunchief0811]

@@spearPYN still is.

[@Graff-zr3tn]

Agreed....everything was....✌😀

[@SocialistDistancing]

It was a simpler time. When every idiot didn't get a platform for their idiotic opinions. There was men and women and that's it. Now we cater to every stupid whim. This never would have been tolerated back then. Now we are plagued with the libtards and social justice warriors that think that they can fix everything that's wrong with the world. Ironically, they are what's wrong with the world. Just my opinion.

[@markhatfield7594]

Saw this as a kid on the PBS channel 13..and Just Say No to Drugs!

[@markhatfield7594]

Did smoke weed in High School and did join the United States Marine Corps Reserve..

[@markhatfield7594]

I bet I smoked so much weed in High School I look like Michael Walker??

[@bigdmac33]

Periscope packs so much info into its time slot.

[@johnstreet7656]

The narrative text is not completely accurate. While the Navy's last deployment was in 2015, the Marine Corps continued to fly and deploy with Prowlers through 2018. The final sundown of Marine EA-6B's was marked by ceremonies at the Prowler's original USMC squadron, VMAQ-2 [originally The Playboys and of late Death Jesters] in March of 2019 at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.

[@justforever96]

And i have had a soft spot for A-6 variants since i was a kid in elementary school reading the Naval Aviation News magazines that they sent to our library for some reason. I have had a thing for the workhorse aircraft ever since. Just because they arent fast and sexy fighters doesn't mean they aren't doing just as important work, or facing equal danger.

[@norman191000]

Amazing channel. Glad to subscribe and plow through the content

[@kvosstuff4350]

Loved the "queer A-6"...the ALQ-99 paired with AGM-88 HARM and ALR-67 was a potent combination! I got a chance to fly in the EWO seat and was in awe what we could do...that was in 1980...what can we do now???

[@sgrisafi]

I was stationed at nas whidbey from 83 to 87. My squadron was vaq-129.

[@allgood6760]

Awesome vid... Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

[@fto9503]

awesome video

[@andradejurk]

Awesome video.

[@madeirabchmike]

I was stationed stationed at TACELRON 131 in Aug 1980 when this was shot.

[@thetreblerebel]

Great video

[@KenH737]

The voice is unmistakable. “Na Na Na Nineteen”.

[@phast1]

Kenh737 Yes the average age of the Vietnam solder.

[@michaelmason5276]

Great memories....I was at Cherry Point from 1983 - 1986 as a Prowler pilot (VMAQ-2).

[@Wade-50]

Proud to of been a “Scorp” with VAQ-132. The Prowler was by far my favorite plane to work on and 132 my favorite command. Thanks for the video.

[@johns.7609]

every single time I hear "jam" in this video I think of Spaceballs.

[@silvirhunter3607]

LOL me too.

[@Fearless1247]

@Jack Michaelsonlonestar

[@hughscot]

We have one of these at our Hickory Aviation Museum.

[@householdemail1305]

I like that air frame a lot.

[@stevematson4808]

This is without a doubt THE loudest plane in the US NAVY

[@ermiechavez4200]

I think the loudest was the F-4 taking off full after burner.

[@wamgoc3637]

I think it would make a hell of a warbird. You could take the whole family to airshows.

[@theresayr963]

My husband designed the jammer. 😁

[@Mike_Greentea]

Pervert

[@robothunter1035]

You can spot the enemy because he has the scary flipped up collar.

[@Chairman7w]

Yep, and they're old and resemble a divorced detective with a drinking problem.

[@the_real_bin_chicken]

12:13 one of those snake eyes failed to deploy.

[@hoghogwild]

Ha, I was just going to mention that. The last(10th) snake-eye from Intruder number 2 came off "slick".

[@Mateus.titanium]

awsome i came here to know about what for the 4 seats...

[@ryonjohnson4851]

Great video. VMAQ-2 Playboys, Can Do Easy!

[@johnknapp952]

When the Air Force retired its EF-111's in '98 the EA-6B's took over their role. So in Desert Storm the Navy provided the EW support for Air Force flights. The job has now been taken over with the Navy's EA-18G.

[@lovemym16]

Desert Storm was in 1991 and the EF-111 Raven was very much a key contributor. You're thinking of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Operation Iraqi Freedom.

[@rockhopper01]

Good times. VMAQ-4 COM/NAV, 1993-1996

[@davidward9926]

Served on the uss forrestal cv-59 vaq 132 was the squardon for the ea6b prowler

[@trumanhw]

I wish Boeing would make a sequel to this video about the EA-18G Growler.

[@rogeronslow1498]

Digital signal processing has changed this field tremendously on both sides.

[@25foxbat1]

wow the prowler was a huge aircraft!

[@desertodavid]

If by huge you mean effective yes very. Huge as in big would be a C5 Galaxy. I Actually got turned around inside one on a flight to the Philippines from Japan.😆 We entered from the rear, walked the length of the aircraft on the first deck climb the ladder to the second deck walk to the other end, went up another ladder and walked back to our seats which I assumed were in the rear of the plane. We were actually up front sitting backwards. Didn't know it until the aircraft left the ground and we started leaning forward instead of back.😳

[@jackstheraptor2791]

Its job was prowl and then growl in enemy radars. Today EA-18 just growls all the time.

[@airplane0747]

The Corps loves them.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I wonder how many of the aircrew interviewed in this film are still alive?

[@Graff-zr3tn]

I believe the voice narration is done by Charles Boyer.

[@Walter_E_Kurtz]

When Grumman ruled the skys.

[@RonJohn63]

Given the hair styles, I'd date it to the mid 1970s, soon after the F-14 joined the fleet. But since 12:34 says "third update", and the third update (ICAP II) was in 1980, it might well be 1980 or 1981.

[@life_with_bernie]

Charlie Hunter was a Capt. back in the early 70s. He got his first star in 1975 I believe, not sure when he got his second but early 1980s would be about right.

[@dinoaplz]

This sounds like the narrator from The Autumn Wind is a Raider.

[@phayzyre1052]

+Deano Zazo It's actually Peter Thomas. Ever watch the show "Forensic Files?" He narrated that as well.

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

At 12:14, did the Last bombs airbrake malfunction? Im not aware of the techincal side of these bombs but it seems like one didnt do what others did

[@johnstreet7656]

More likely one of the ordnance guys forgot to attach the arming wire that is supposed to be yanked out and release the fins as the bomb falls or the arming wire came loose from it's anchor on the rack. That type fin assembly is commonly referred to as a "snake-eye".

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

@@johnstreet7656 sounds logical, thanks brother!

[@justforever96]

Miss the snazzy paint jobs they used to have on navy jets. The modern grey blandnesss is really pretty pointless in combat, but it's fashionable these days. I like the old "high vis" stuff much better.

[@jasoosone727]

The narrator is the same guy who narrates Forensic Files, but I don’t know his name.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Only Lonestar would dare use raspberry jam...

[@gove4103]

That's the same narrator that did Forensic Files.

[@patopato9668]

12:12 last snakeye didnt open...ups

[@nonyabiz9487]

Those things were so loud with a high pitched noise! I dont miss hearing them at all...

[@n4d3m4n]

12:10 Wow, they're dropping those snakeyes from a pretty high altitude, that's pretty inaccurate and kinda wei.... 12:14 oh... that one didn't open.... where's that one going?

[@nicholasmaude6906]

This film appears to have been produced in the late 1970s.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Wind powered pods? Not enough engine gen power?

[@dmc2554]

Simpler, more robust, no electric connection with fat, heavy wires.....and the engines end-up powering the whole scheme anyway......it's actually an elegant solution to problems most people don't think of and it is very dependable. Good question pal.

[@danbanks7930]

Ther gonna see us on radar.... not if we ...jam it!!.. loan star...

[@HAMlLTON]

The ultimate griefer

[@michaelspaargaren5595]

Did this narrator do every movie in this era?

[@rogeronslow1498]

Also does Medical Detectives.

[@56hueycobra]

How Many Harm-88 Missiles Could the Prowlers Carry at One Time?

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Bennie Mabe It can carry up to 4 but typically carries 2 HARMs and 3 AN/ALQ-99 pods.

[@56hueycobra]

Thank You Sir!!!

[@masonjarhillbilly]

They could carry up to 4. STATIONS 1,2,4,5. Typical would be 1 harm, 1 drop tank, 3 ALQ-99 pods.

[@johnsheehan3671]

I always had a soft spot for the A7

[@volador2828]

Worked on the A-7, it was my favorite... I spend most of my time on the A-6, EA-6B, F4... A7 still my favorite.

[@jamesgrigg6918]

a6 could flip one switch.and block out every radio and tv station in NYC..that was w 2 members.it turned into 4

[@pauljohnson3340]

Judging by the sideburns, I would say late '70s.

[@blueseanomad7435]

By the sideburns, I'd say you are correct. But the glasses, fonts and graphics at the end I'd put it in the early 80s.

[@McRocket]

Do those jammers put out a lot of harmful radiation? Would this - if so - have been a threat to the crew at all?

[@audreywhitright4327]

Yes they were

[@thurbine2411]

The crew were protected in the cockpit. And you don’t use them on the ground so no danger for ground crew

[@BJDickerson]

The crew was protected by gold coated canopy. I was in VAQ-138 World famous Yellowjackets.

[@McRocket]

@BJDickerson I highly doubt the ENTIRE cockpit was surrounded in gold. Probably just the canopies. ✌️

[@McRocket]

@@thurbine2411 Protected by what exactly? ✌️

[@sbfcapnj]

The bane of my existence in Afghanistan.

[@MagnarNordal]

Did the jammers pose any health risk for the crew members?

[@hoghogwild]

Rge glass of the cockpit has a layer of gold to help with protecting the crew from EM radiation. This gives the canopies an old colour.

[@audreywhitright4327]

@@hoghogwild bs. My husband flew this plane

[@Concetta20]

So is this what our Growlers do now?

[@SFCRambo60]

I never saw an EA-6B until I got back to state side. My Squadron had EA-6As and RF-4Bs. As I said I didn't see these EA-6Bs until 1973 at Cherry Point North Carolina. They had faults with them and were not welcomed because of that.

[@detailingdiaries6562]

So I just flip the toggle switch? Right, I'm fully trained now.

[@PositionLight]

I know this voice!! Who the hell is it?!

[@JollyGreenFE]

Jersey Mike's Rail Videos Sounds very much like Peter Thomas, narrator of Forensic Files on HLN.

[@suprasta9931]

Kampreeeeet man Brooo....!!!

[@cherisvoboda9313]

Is it Jack Webb? Just a guess.

[@user-if2fc7ef4j]

E-2C To E-2D

[@sshray1115]

⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐

[@Dra741]

No radar, is more powerful than my wife than when she's angry, I could Jam S500 S400 s-300, string my wife under any aircraft, she can even Jam laser-guided weapons

[@SlimRhyno]

Easily the best wife burn I've heard in some time. It actually made me chuckle!

[@dmc2554]

Burn the laser jam arm candy!

[@nikovlogs9837]

"Next Generation Jammer my ass. Have you seen the wattage and wide band noise my wife puts out when complaining?"

[@connormagill4201]

For God's sake can somebody please give the source for the music in this video?!?!?! This music is GOLD... please somebody...anybody lol 01:40, 03:20, 05:27, 06:35, 08:31, 10:50, 11:11, 12:17

[@garwhittaker3743]

Yeah sure I've herd it on a porn video.

[@dmc2554]

@@garwhittaker3743 ......get bent, Whitaker

[@garwhittaker3743]

@@dmc2554 There's no dolly mixtures in this comments section ya puffda.

[@dmc2554]

@@garwhittaker3743 What?

[@Lightning_Mike]

2:27 Hey, that's the Moskva!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Different Moskva. Same name though!

[@ekevanderzee9538]

"South east Asia". Guess that sounded better?

[@barriewright2857]

So what has taken this aircraft's job ! .

[@soulkitchen1979]

Maybe some type of drone?

[@noivern8869]

EA-18G "Growler"

[@randydewees7338]

Who were those Enemies? Look like Dr. Evil minions.

[@apostleofthekube3097]

12:10 the last bomb dropped by the rear jet fails to retard and goes miles off-target, killing a man on a walk with his dog, leaving one grieving widow and two sons without father.

[@rzr2ffe325]

I noticed that and reminded to make sure I saw it right. That sucks about the dude

[@williamlawson8511]

Oops wrong video!

[@thomasjoyce7910]

Did the USAF really have nothing like this?

[@vinyltapelover]

Thomas Joyce I came across this from wikipedia: "The General Dynamics-Grumman EF-111A Raven is an electronic-warfare aircraft designed to replace the EB-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force. Its crews and maintainers often called it the "Spark-Vark", a play on the F-111's "Aardvark" nickname. The USAF contracted with Grumman in 1974 to convert some existing General Dynamics F-111As into electronic warfare/electronic countermeasures (ECM) aircraft.[N 1] The USAF had considered the Navy / Marine Corps Grumman EA-6B Prowler, but desired a penetrating aircraft with supersonic speed. The EF-111 entered service in 1983 and served until its retirement in 1998.

[@dogit1840]

I skyraider is a P-51 mustang on steroids and a growler or prowler is a skyraider on steroids

[@horsemumbler1]

You mean a P-47 on steroids.

[@jamesgrigg6918]

a4 had one j52.a6 had 2.

[@jamesgrigg6918]

a6 was designed for nuclear bombing.can take off and land by itself.

[@hughmcaleer9951]

Big mistake getting rid of these plane they could do awesome things they had a direct line to the .........

[@Chocomare]

True. Alas, the last Marine squadron flying them will fly them no longer as of October. :(

[@calgaines4841]

What are you talking about? The ECM package has simply been moved over to the FA-18G the Growler ...

[@williamlawson8511]

Mengele, Mengele! scalpel please!

[@CharlieNoodles]

12:16 one of the clam shells on the retarded bombs failed

[@zimmzero]

1x Mk. 82 didn't deploy it's drag fins. 12:14 > kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaaXZY2LbLOWh7c

[@eddyvillajuan9120]

Hoping all the retired Prowler Jets in the US will be donated to the Philippines 🇵🇭❤🇺🇸 It will be great for my country 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻