Growler Power: EA-18G boasts F-22 Kill

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Growler Power: EA-18G boasts F-22 kill (PHOTOS)By Stephen Trimble on 25 February, 2009 in Uncategorised Today was Electronic Awareness Warfare Appreciation Day at Andrews AFB.

The base hosted a sort of petting zoo for high-tech jamming systems. I noticed a Boeing EA-18G parked on the side, and struck up a conversation with the pilot.As we chatted about interference cancellation systems, I couldn't help but notice an odd decal decorating the side of the fuselage. I asked the pilot: What's that aircraft decal on the fuselage?"That's an F-22," he said. Well, why is it there?"Because this is the EA-18G that killed an F-22," he explained.Um, really?Alas, after that bombshell, the conversation quickly dried up. I did learn the EA-18G kill was courtesy of a well-timed AIM-120 AMRAAM shot. And I learned the simulated combat exercise took place at Nellis AFB. How the EA-18G escort jammer got the shot, and whether its jamming system played a role in the incident were not questions the pilot was prepared to answer.For the spotters, the aircraft pictured above is EA-1, the first of two Lot 27 F/A-18Fs converted into flying prototypes for the EA-18G program. - See more at:

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