Combo Prowler Crews Working Alaskan Exercise:
Joint Air Force and Navy aircrews are manning EA-6B Prowlers during Exercise Northern Edge 2006, providing a somewhat atypical sight for many participants, reports Air Force journalist SrA. Garrett Hothan. Currently the EA-6B is the US military’s only electronic warfare asset and is operated by Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps crews—not necessarily mixed. At least one senior military leader thinks it is high time to decide about a real Prowler follow-on, and he favors an F-35 variant.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
