US Navy logs first air-to-air kill with EA-18G Growler

Published on July 17, 2024

 

A Boeing EA-18G Growler has logged an air-to-air kill over the Red Sea, a first for the carrier-based attack jet that has electronic warfare as its primary mission.

The US Navy (USN) on 14 July said the milestone took place during a nine-month deployment of the service’s Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower to the southern Red Sea region of the Middle East.

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