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

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[Dave]

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.

[SSORET]

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

[rickcrews]

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.

[danieljorge]

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

[brianforce]

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.

[jollygreen]

Flight of the intruder is a great movie

[HunterXray]

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

[kellywilson]

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 !

[RonHowell-ix]

A little fast and loose with the facts but still intresting

[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.

[Darknamja]

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

[TheRebelOne.]

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

[ricklederman]

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

[kempmt]

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”

[AllenChandler-jxuf]

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

[briancooper]

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

[rp]

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

[mikeh.]

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.

[ricg]

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.

[mesha]

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