Microscale MS72037 1:72 Grumman EA-6B Prowlers

Description

Grumman EA-6B Prowlers. The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid-wing electronic warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe We have created a decal sheet that contains four different configurations for you to model; VAQ-136 "Gauntlets", VAQ-129 "Viking", VAQ-132 "Scorpions" and the VAQ-137 "World Famous Rooks". The Prowler has been in service with the U.S. Armed Forces since 1971. It has carried out numerous missions for jamming enemy radar systems, and in gathering radio intelligence on those and other enemy air defense systems. From the 1998 retirement of the United States Air Force EF-111 Raven electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-6B was the only dedicated electronic warfare plane available for missions by the United States Navy, the Un ited States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force until the fielding of the Navy's EA-18G Growler in 2009 – 1/72nd Scale Aircraft