"Growler" new name for EA-18G

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"Growler" new name for EA-18G; missed out on “Shocker” & “Demon”
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Wushu	Nov 16 2005, 07:47 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 607 Group: Regulars Member #494 Joined: June 24, 2005	http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story...95377&ran=73630 ''Growler'' officially a new name in anti-radar warfare The Virginian-Pilot © November 15, 2005 WASHINGTON — The Navy’s new airborne jamming aircraft will be known officially as the EA-18G “Growler,” its informal moniker for the last several years, the Pentagon has announced. The designation comes two years after the Navy petitioned the Air Force Materiel Command, which assigns aircraft names and numbers for all the service branches, for the title. About 30 names, including “Shocker,” “Demon ” and “Gator,” also were considered, said Chuck Wagner, a spokesman for the Naval Air Systems Command. The plane, which is to enter service beginning in 2009, replaces the EA-6B “Prowler,” a Vietnam War-era workhorse that is being retired. The Growler will be based on the Navy’s F/A-18F Super Hornet, a two-seat fighter-bomber, but equipped with radar jammers and HARM anti-radar missiles rather than the Super Hornet’s complement of bombs and missiles. The first two Growlers, both test models, are expected to roll out of Boeing Inc.’s Super Hornet assembly plant in St. Louis next year. The Navy expects to buy 90 of the planes by 2013 and spread them among 10 electronic warfare squadrons. Each operational Growler will cost about $66 million, the Navy estimates, and the service is spending an additional $1.5 billion on research and development. All the Growlers are expected to be based at Whidbey Island, Wash., home of the Prowler.



seWer Rat	Nov 16 2005, 08:09 PM Post #2
amateur sewer cleaner Posts: 3,124 Group: Elite Member #87 Joined: August 19, 2004	neat and pretty but i still like the old Prowler than this Growler..they should have just named it Prowler II
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Wushu	Nov 17 2005, 10:38 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 607 Group: Regulars Member #494 Joined: June 24, 2005	mebbe theyl donate some of them prowlers airframes/engines and we can convert em back to their attack configuration hehehe



maniegom	Nov 17 2005, 10:43 AM Post #4
Member Posts: 1,049 Group: Regulars Member #265 Joined: December 30, 2004	Would be nice, but those airframes are already old and questionable. That's why it's being slowly replaced (decommissioned).



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