The EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft
The U.S. armed forces' newest airborne electronic attack aircraft, the EA-18G Growler had its public 'coming out' ceremony yesterday, being presented to a crowd of more than 750 U.S. Navy customers and industry partners during a ceremony at Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems facilities in St. Louis.
"This is actually pretty sick. Logistically this is the Navy saving money with an advanced weapons system. Now with the Tomcat replaced by the F-18F and the charlies replaced by the echos and now this you are looking at something like 5 or 6 squadrons with commonly stocked parts at sea. Not to metion to room you save on deck, hanger, and the storerooms by eliminating two aging platforms. Turn around time for locally repaired assets will just be that much faster because the AIMD will have more of the same family assets in the repair cycle together."
-anguijm
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"This is actually pretty sick. Logistically this is the Navy saving money with an advanced weapons system. Now with the Tomcat replaced by the F-18F and the charlies replaced by the echos and now this you are looking at something like 5 or 6 squadrons with commonly stocked parts at sea. Not to metion to room you save on deck, hanger, and the storerooms by eliminating two aging platforms. Turn around time for locally repaired assets will just be that much faster because the AIMD will have more of the same family assets in the repair cycle together."
-anguijm
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