The EA-6B Prowlers from the USS Kitty Hawk are getting a bigger piece of the action in Iraq this week, including firing their HARM missiles.
Slow-moving and packed with electronic equipment, the Prowler radar-jamming plane usually stays clear of battle. But with the campaign against Baghdad's defenses heating up, the Prowlers are joining in the strikes. It's a risk for the vulnerable aircraft, but their crews say they've been eager to get into the fight.
"It's about time," said Lt. Doug Graber, an electronic warfare officer who was on a EA-6B Prowler that fired a missile Saturday - the second strike by a Prowler from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in two days.
Posted by Alan at March 30, 2003 07:34 AM