Grumman EA-6B Prowler

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By the 1960s, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was operating several aging Electronic countermeasure (ECM) platforms, including the EF-10B Skyknight and AD Skyraider. The service sought to procure more modern platforms; this desire led to the development of the EA-6A "Electric Intruder".{{Cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/e/ea-6b-prowler0.html |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Naval History and Heritage Command - National Naval Aviation Museum |language=en-US}} The EA-6A was a direct conversion of the standard Grumman A-6 Intruder airframe, equipped with a twin-seat cockpit along with assorted electronic warfare (EW) equipment. During December 1965, the EA-6A entered squadron service with the USMC; shortly thereafter, it saw action in Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam War. A total of three USMC squadrons were equipped with the type in the conflict; a total of 27 EA-6As were produced, 15 of which were newly manufactured while the others were conversions.{{cite encyclopedia |first=Gerald |last=Frawley |title=Grumman EA-6B Prowler |encyclopedia=The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003 |publisher=Aerospace Publications |year=2002 |isbn=1-875671-55-2}} The majority of these EA-6As were retired from service in the 1970s; the final handful of aircraft were operated by two electronic attack "aggressor" squadrons of the United States Navy (USN). These last examples were finally retired during the 1990s.{{cite encyclopedia |first=Paul |last=Eden |title=Grumman EA-6B Prowler |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft |publisher=Amber Books |year=2004 |isbn=1-904687-84-9}} The EA-6A was essentially an interim warplane until the more-advanced EA-6B could be designed and built.

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During 1966, development of the EA-6B, a substantially redesigned and more advanced model, commenced as a replacement for the EKA-3B Skywarriors then being operated by the United States Navy. The redesign included the lengthening of the forward fuselage to create a rear area that accommodated a larger four-seat cockpit while an antenna fairing was added to the tip of the vertical stabilizer. The EA-6B was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney J52 turbojet engines, which enable it to attain high subsonic speeds.Hansen 2006, p. 10. On 14 November 1966, Grumman was awarded a $12.7 million contract to develop an EA-6B prototype.{{cite news |title= EA-6B Prototype |newspaper= Naugatuck Daily News |date= 17 November 1966 |page= 4}} On 25 May 1968, the EA-6B performed its maiden flight;Sweetman 2002, p. 8. it entered regular service on aircraft carriers during July 1971.Eden and Moeng 2002, p. 1152. Three prototype EA-6Bs were converted from A-6As, and five EA-6Bs were developmental airplanes. Between 1966 and 1991, a total of 170 EA-6B production aircraft were manufactured.

The EA-6B was continually upgraded over the years. The first such upgrade was named "expanded capability" (EXCAP) beginning in 1973. Then came "improved capability" (ICAP) in 1976 and ICAP II in 1980. The ICAP II upgrade provided the EA-6B with the capability of firing Shrike missiles and AGM-88 HARM missiles.

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The Advanced Capability EA-6B Prowler (ADVCAP) was a development program initiated to improve the flying qualities of the EA-6B and to upgrade the avionics and electronic warfare systems. The intention was to modify all EA-6Bs into the ADVCAP configuration, however the program was removed from the Fiscal Year 1995 budget due to financial pressure from competing Department of Defense acquisition programs.

The ADVCAP development program was initiated in the late 1980s and was broken into three distinct phases: Full-Scale Development (FSD), Vehicle Enhancement Program (VEP) and the Avionics Improvement Program (AIP).

FSD served primarily to evaluate the new AN/ALQ-149 Electronic Warfare System. The program utilized a slightly modified EA-6B to house the new system.

The VEP added numerous changes to the aircraft to address deficiencies with the original EA-6B flying qualities, particularly lateral-directional problems that hampered recovery from out-of-control flight. Bureau Number 158542 was used. Changes included:

• Leading edge strakes (to improve directional stability)
• Fin pod extension (to improve directional stability)
• Ailerons (to improve slow speed lateral control)
• Re-contoured leading edge slats and trailing edge flaps (to compensate for an increase in gross weight)
• Two additional wing stations on the outer wing panel (for jamming pods only)
• New J52-P-409 engines (increased thrust by 2,000 lbf (8.9 kN) per engine)
• New digital Standard Automatic Flight Control System (SAFCS)

The added modifications increased the aircraft gross weight approximately {{convert|2000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and shifted the center of gravity 3% MAC aft of the baseline EA-6B. In previous models, when operating at sustained high angles of attack, fuel migration would cause additional shifts in CG with the result that the aircraft had slightly negative longitudinal static stability. Results of flight tests of the new configuration showed greatly improved flying qualities and the rearward shift of the CG had minimal impact.

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The AIP prototype (bureau number 158547) represented the final ADVCAP configuration, incorporating all of the FSD and VEP modifications plus a completely new avionics suite which added multi-function displays to all crew positions, a head-up display for the pilot, and dual Global Positioning/Inertial navigation systems. The initial joint test phase between the contractor and the US Navy test pilots completed successfully with few deficiencies.

After the program was canceled, the three experimental Prowlers, BuNo 156482, 158542 and 158547, were mothballed until 1999. Over the next several years, the three aircraft were dismantled and reassembled to create a single aircraft, b/n 158542, which the Navy dubbed "FrankenProwler". It was returned to active service on 23 March 2005.{{cite news|work=Northwest Navigator |first=Brian |last=Harvill |url=http://www.northwestnavigator.com/index.php/navigator/whidbey/vaq_141_frankenprowler_rejoins_the_fleet/ |title=VAQ-141 'FrankenProwler' rejoins the fleet |date=29 April 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124010623/http://www.northwestnavigator.com/index.php/navigator/whidbey/vaq_141_frankenprowler_rejoins_the_fleet/ |archive-date=24 November 2007}}

Northrop Grumman received contracts from the United States Navy to deliver new electronic countermeasures gear to Prowler squadrons; the heart of each ICAP III set consists of the ALQ-218 receiver and new software that provides more precise selective-reactive radar jamming and deception and threat location. The ICAP III sets also are equipped with the Multifunction Information Distribution System (MIDS), which includes the Link 16 data link system. Northrop delivered two lots and delivered two more beginning in 2010.{{cite press release |url=http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=151114 |title=U.S. Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $125 Million Contract to Produce Fourth Lot of Airborne Electronic Attack Systems |publisher=Northrop Grumman |date=29 September 2008}} The EA-6B Prowlers in service toward the end of its life were the ICAP III version, carrying the ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System.

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Designed for carrier-based and advanced base operations, the EA-6B was a fully integrated electronic warfare system combining long-range, all-weather capabilities with advanced electronic countermeasures. A forward equipment bay and pod-shaped fairing on the vertical fin housed the additional avionics equipment.Hansen 2006, p. 9. It was the primary electronic warfare aircraft for the U.S Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The EA-6B's primary mission was to support ground-attack strikes by disrupting enemy electromagnetic activity.Sweetman 2002, pp. 7-8. As a secondary mission it could also gather tactical electronic intelligence within a combat zone, and another secondary mission was attacking enemy radar sites with anti-radiation missiles.

The Prowler was operated by a crew of four, a pilot and three Electronic Countermeasures Officers (known as ECMOs). The two ECMOs in the rear cockpit operated the Prowler's primary jamming equipment, while the ECMO in the front right seat handled navigation, communications, and defensive electronic countermeasures.{{sfn|Bolkcom|2001|pp=4-5}} Powered by two non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J52-P-408A turbojet engines, it was capable of speeds of over {{convert|500|knots|mph km/h}}, with a range of over {{convert|1000|nmi|mi km|abbr=off}}.{{sfn|Bolkcom|2001|p=6}}{{cite web |title=Standard Aircraft Characteristics: EA-6B Grumman |website=Navy.mil |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aircraft/current-aircraft-inventory/ea-6b-prowler.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327002521/https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aircraft/current-aircraft-inventory/ea-6b-prowler.html |archive-date=27 March 2023 |url-status=live}}Hansen 2006, pp. 10-11.

Design particulars included the refueling probe being asymmetrical, appearing bent to the right to improve pilot visibility over that of the A-6 Intruder.Hansen 2006, pp. 24-25. It contained an antenna near its root. The canopy had a shading of gold to protect the crew against the radio emissions that the electronic warfare equipment produces.Hansen 2006, pp. 18-19.

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In September 1970, the EA-6B entered service with Fleet Replacement Squadron VAQ-129; ten months later, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 132 (VAQ-132) became the first operational squadron to be equipped with the type. during June 1972, VAQ-132 began its first combat deployment to Vietnam on {{USS|America|CVA-66|2}}; it was promptly followed by VAQ-131 on {{USS|Enterprise|CVAN-65|2}} and VAQ-134 on {{USS|Constellation|CVA-64|2}}.Bowers 1990, p. 274. Two squadrons of Prowlers flew 720 sorties during the Vietnam War in support of US Navy attack aircraft as well as the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers of the United States Air Force; typically, they would suppress enemy air defenses just prior to the attack/bomber aircraft deploying their own payloads.{{cite web |url = https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/b-52s-the-last-argument-of-presidents |title = B-52s – The Last Argument of Presidents |website = warhistory.org |date = 2 February 2024}}

During the 1983 invasion of Grenada, four Prowlers supported the operation from {{USS|Independence|CV-62}}.Grossnick 1997, p. 737.{{cite web |url = https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/1910/Part6.pdf |title = Grenada Combat Operations: 25 October–2 November 1983 |website = history.navy.mil |access-date = 11 February 2025}} Two years later, in response to the Achille Lauro hijacking, Prowlers from {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60}} provided ESM support during the interception of the EgyptAir 737 carrying four of the hijackers on 10 October 1985.Laur 1998, pp. 63-65.

Prowlers jammed Libyan radar and air defenses during Operation El Dorado Canyon in April 1986.{{cite web |url = https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/january/americas-first-strike-against-terrorism |title = America's First Strike Against Terrorism |first = Joseph T. |last = Stanik |publisher = U.S. Naval Institute |date = January 2011}} Similarly, Prowlers from VAQ-135 on {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}} jammed Iranian Ground Control Intercept radars, surface-to-air missile guidance radars and communication systems during Operation Praying Mantis on 18 April 1988.{{cite web |url = https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1989/may/air-view-operation-praying-mantis |title = The Air View: Operation Praying Mantis |first1 = Bud |last1 = Langston |first2 = Don |last2 = Bringle |publisher = U.S. Naval Institute |date = May 1989}}

During 1991, a total of 39 EA-6Bs were involved in Operation Desert Storm; 27 were based on six aircraft carriers while 12 from USMC shore bases. During 4,600 flight hours, Prowlers fired over 150 AGM-88 HARM missiles, the majority of which were targeted at radars and communications nodes across Iraqi's integrated air defense system. In total, U.S. Navy Prowlers flew 1,132 sorties while USMC EA-6Bs flew 516 sorties; no losses were incurred.{{cite web |url = https://balloonstodrones.com/2022/01/20/desertstorm30-electric-avenue-electronic-warfare-and-the-battle-against-iraqs-air-defences-during-operation-desert-storm/ |title = #DesertStorm30 – Electric Avenue: Electronic Warfare and the battle against Iraq’s air defences during Operation Desert Storm |website = balloonstodrones.com |date = 20 January 2022 |first = Thomas |last = Withington}}

Following the retirement of the EF-111 Raven in 1998, the EA-6B was the only dedicated aerial radar jammer aircraft of the United States Armed Forces, until the fielding of the Navy's EA-18G Growler in 2009.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} The EA-6B was flown in almost all American combat operations from 1972 until its retirement in 2019, and was frequently flown in support of missions undertaken by the United States Air Force.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

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In 2001, 124 Prowlers remained, divided between twelve Navy, four Marine, and four joint Navy-Air Force "Expeditionary" squadrons. A Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) staff study recommended that the EF-111 Raven be retired to reduce the types of aircraft dedicated to the same mission, which led to an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) program memorandum to establish 4 land based "expeditionary" Prowler squadrons to meet the needs of the Air Force.{{cite web |url= http://congressionalresearch.com/RL30639/document.php?study=Electronic+Warfare+EA-6B+Aircraft+Modernization+and+Related+Issues+for+Congress |title= Electronic Warfare: EA-6B Aircraft Modernization and Related Issues for Congress |website= congressionalresearch.com |date= 3 December 2001}} Between 2004 and 2014, the U.S. Air Force augmented Navy Prowler units with Electronic Warfare Officers from the 388th and 390th Electronic Combat Squadrons assigned to the 366th Operations Group at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.{{cite web |url=https://www.vaq136.com/ea6bbases/index.html |title=EA-6B Prowler Bases & Squadrons |website= vaq136.com |date= |access-date= }}

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In 2007, it was reported that the Prowler had been used in counter improvised explosive device operations in the conflict in Afghanistan for several years by jamming remote detonation devices such as garage door openers or cellular telephones.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,138857,00.html |title=Navy Takes Aim at Roadside Bombs |work=Military.com |publisher=Military Advantage |date=12 June 2007}} Two Prowler squadrons were also based in Iraq, working with the same mission.{{cite news |publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/12/prowler.ap/index.html |title=Planes on the prowl for roadside bombs |date=13 June 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070612180932/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/12/prowler.ap/index.html |archive-date= 12 June 2007}} According to Chuck Pfarrer in his book SEAL Target Geronimo, an EA-6B was also used to jam Pakistani radar and assist the 2 MH-60 Black Hawk stealth helicopters and 2 Chinook helicopters raiding Osama Bin Laden's compound in Operation Neptune Spear.{{cite news |title = SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden |last = Pfarrer |first = Chuck |publisher = Macmillan |date = 8 November 2011}}

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During June 2014, VMAQ-3 began flying Prowler missions against Islamic State militants over Iraq. Two months later, Operation Inherent Resolve began and VMAQ-4 took over. The Prowlers were the first Marine Corps aircraft in Syria, where they were involved in strike packages, air drops, and electronic warfare requirements against militants. By January 2015, the five aircraft of VMAQ-4 had flown 800 hours during 110 sorties in support of operations in both countries, including supporting coalition airstrikes and providing EW support for Iraqi Army forces to degrade enemy systems. Marine Prowlers had not dropped munitions themselves and host nations basing them have not been revealed.{{cite web |url = http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2015/01/18/as-retirement-approaches-prowlers-still-fight/21834589/ |title = Marine Prowlers fight Islamic State over Iraq, Syria |website = MarineCorpstimes.com |first = Joshua |last = Stewart |date = 18 January 2014}}{{cite web |url = https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2018/04/24/socom-chief-syria-most-aggressive-ew-environment-on-earth/ |title = Why Syria may be the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on Earth |website = c4isrnet.com |first = Mark |last = Pomerleau |date = 24 April 2018}}

Though once considered being replaced by Common Support Aircraft, that plan failed to materialize. In 2009, the Navy EA-6B Prowler community began transitioning to the EA-18G Growler, a electronic warfare derivative of the F/A-18F Super Hornet. All but one of the active duty Navy EA-6B squadrons were based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VAQ-136 was stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, as part of Carrier Air Wing 5, the forward deployed naval forces (FDNF) air wing that embarks aboard the Japan-based {{USS|George Washington|CVN-73|2}}. VAQ-209, the Navy Reserve's sole EA-6B squadron, was stationed at Naval Air Facility Washington, Maryland. All Marine Corps EA-6B squadrons were located at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.

During 2013, the USN planned to fly the EA-6B until 2015 while the USMC expected to phase out the Prowler in March 2019.{{cite news |url= http://www.newbernsj.com/news/military/marines-to-assume-ea-6b-prowler-training-1.158547 |title= Marines to assume EA-6B Prowler training |first= Sue |last= Book |newspaper= Sun Journal |location= New Bern, North Carolina |date= 13 June 2013}}{{Cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler {{!}} Pacific Coast Air Museum {{!}} Navy Electronic |url=https://pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/ea-6b-prowler/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |language=en-US}} The last Navy deployment was on {{USS|George H.W. Bush|CVN-77|2}} in November 2014, with VAQ-134.{{cite web |url=http://navalforce.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/ea-6b-prowlers-final-prowl/ |title=EA-6B PROWLER's FINAL PROWL |access-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916121137/http://navalforce.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/ea-6b-prowlers-final-prowl/ |archive-date=16 September 2014}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/opinion/282766971.html |title=Saluting an old workhorse, the EA-6B Prowler | Our Viewpoint |newspaper=Whidbey News-Times |date=14 November 2014}} The USN's last operational flight took place on 27 May 2015.{{cite web |url = http://news.usni.org/2015/05/28/navys-ea-6b-prowler-takes-last-active-duty-flight-before-sunset-ceremony |title = Navy’s EA-6B Prowler Takes Last Active Duty Flight Before Sunset Ceremony |website = News.USNI.org |first = Megan |last = Eckstein |date = 28 May 2015}} NAS Whidbey held a retirement commemoration for the EA-6B from 25 to 27 June 2015 of the EA-6B{{cite web |url = http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=87942 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150724143721/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=87942 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 24 July 2015 |title = Prowler Retires Following 45 Years of Naval Service: story NNS150630-18 |first = John |last = Hetherington |website = navy.mil |date = 30 June 2015}} culminating on the last day with the Navy's last operational EA-6B Prowler, bureau number 163890, taking off from NAS Whidbey Island.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2015 |title=Northrop Grumman, US Navy Celebrate Legacy of EA-6B Prowler, Future of Their Electronic Attack Partnership |url=https://investor.northropgrumman.com/news-releases/news-release-details/northrop-grumman-us-navy-celebrate-legacy-ea-6b-prowler-future |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=investor.northropgrumman.com}}

In April 2016, a squadron of EA-6B Prowlers from Marine Corps Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 (VMAQ-4), based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, was deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey for operations over Syria. U.S. European Command confirmed that the deployment was expected to last through September 2016. The Center for Strategic and International Studies suggested that the Prowlers may be used to prevent Russian and Syrian air defense systems from tracking U.S. and coalition aircraft.{{cite news |url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/04/14/marine-prowlers-deploy-turkey-fight-against-isis/83033150/ |title=Marine Prowlers deploy to Turkey for fight against ISIS |date=14 April 2016 |newspaper=Marine Corps Times}}

During November 2018, Prowlers of VMAQ-2 completed their last operational deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The squadron, being the last equipped with the EA-6B, was disbanded on 8 March 2019, after which its remaining pair of Prowlers were reallocated to museums.{{cite magazine |last=Burgess |first=Rick |title=Prowler bows out |magazine=Air International |date=April 2019 |volume=96 |issue=4 |page=6 |issn=0306-5634}}

The Marine Corps' four members of VAMQ-2 flew the last EA-6B on its final flight on 14 March 2019 from their station at Cherry Point, North Carolina, to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Maksel |first2=Rebecca |title=The Prowler Retires After 48 Years of Electronic Warfare—And No Combat Losses |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/prowlers-last-prowl-180972608/ |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}

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The EA-6B Prowler was operated by the U.S. Armed Forces with squadrons in the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy.

VMAQ squadrons operated the EA-6B Prowler.{{cite web |title=E/A-6B Prowler |publisher=Northrop Grumman |url=http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/products/navy_products/ea6b/ea6b.html |access-date=26 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317094150/http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/products/navy_products/ea6b/ea6b.html |archive-date=17 March 2007}} Each of the three squadrons operated five aircraft; the squadrons were land-based, although they were capable of operating aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and did so in the past.{{cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler |work=Naval Historical Center |publisher=United States Department of the Navy |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/ea6.htm |access-date=1 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407161253/http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/ea6.htm |archive-date=7 April 2007}}{{cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/ea-6b_prowler.htm |work=Intelligence Resource Program |access-date=26 March 2007}}

In 2013, VMAQ-1 converted from an active to a training squadron as the USN stopped training on the Prowler and switched over to the Growler. The Marine Training squadron first received students for training in October 2013 and produced its first training flights in April 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20140415-prowler.html |title=Marine Training Squadron Produces Its First Prowler Crews |last1=Burgess |first1=Richard R. |date=15 April 2014 |website= seapowermagazine.org |publisher=SEAPOWER Magazine |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174913/http://www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20140415-prowler.html |archive-date= 16 April 2014 |access-date= 16 April 2014}}

In 2008, the USMC investigated an electronic attack role for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to replace their Prowlers.{{cite web |url= http://www.usmc.mil/units/hqmc/pandr/Documents/Concepts/2008/PDF/CP08Ch3P4_Joint_Strike_Fighter_Transition_Plan.pdf |title= Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Transition Plan |website= USMC |date= 15 May 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080515105218/http://www.usmc.mil/units/hqmc/pandr/Documents/Concepts/2008/PDF/CP08Ch3P4_Joint_Strike_Fighter_Transition_Plan.pdf |archive-date= 15 May 2008}} The Marines began retiring the EA-6 in 2016 and replaced them with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Electronic Warfare (MAGTF-EW) concept, which calls for a medium to high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to off-load at least some of the electronic warfare mission.{{cite web |url = http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-marines-in-market-for-reaper-sized-uas-406099/ |title = US Marines in market for Reaper-sized UAS |website = Flightglobal.com |date = 14 November 2014}}

In November 2018, VMAQ-2 returned from performing the final deployed operations of USMC Prowlers. The Marines retired the aircraft on 8 March 2019, with some placed in storage and on static display at the Smithsonian Institution Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia and the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field.{{cite web |url = https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/03/08/the-saltiest-warfighter-in-the-marine-corps-the-ea-6b-prowler-retires/ |title = EA-6B Prowler, one of the saltiest warfighters in the Marine Corps, retires |website = marinecorpstimes.com |date = 8 March 2019}}

While in U.S. Navy service four EA-6B Prowlers were typically assigned to a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron. These Navy Electronic Attack squadrons carried the letters VAQ (V-fixed wing, A-attack, Q-electronic); most of these squadrons were carrier-based, while others were "expeditionary" and deployed to overseas land bases.{{cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft |work=USN Fact File |publisher=United States Navy |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=900&ct=1 |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=24 August 2015 |archive-date=12 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912005148/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=900&ct=1 |url-status=dead }}

VAQ-128: Established as an expeditionary squadron in October 1997, utilizing the insignia and heritage of the former A-6 Intruder Fleet Replacement Squadron at NAS Whidbey Island. Disestablished in September 2004 due to budget reductions.

VAQ-309: Established as a Naval Air Reserve Force squadron at NAS Whidbey Island in 1979 with EA-6A aircraft, transitioning to the EA-6B in 1989 as part of Carrier Air Wing Reserve THIRTY (CVWR-30). Disestablished on 31 Dec 1994 following the decommissioning of CVWR-30 due to budget cuts; aircraft returned to the Regular Navy.

While no Prowler was ever lost during combat operations, nearly fifty of the 170 aircraft built were destroyed in various accidents as of 2013.49 losses from 1971 to 2013 by manual count from a list of bureau numbers with dates. In 1998, a memorial at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island was dedicated to 44 crew members lost in EA-6B aircraft accidents.{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Offley |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64598602.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516211725/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64598602.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 May 2011 |title=Memorial honors 44 EA-6B Prowler crewmen |date=28 August 1998}}

• On 26 May 1981, a USMC EA-6B crashed onto the flight deck of {{USS|Nimitz|CVN-68|2}} and caused a fire, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.{{cite news |publisher=United States Navy |first=Ahron |last=Arendes |url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7637 |title=Nimitz Remembers Lives Lost During 1981 Flight Deck Crash |work=USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Navy NewsStand |date=29 May 2003 |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229164735/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7637 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Kurt |last2=Beaty |first2=Jonathan |title=Night of Flaming Terror |work=TIME in partnership with CNN |publisher=Time |date=8 June 1981 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922544-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201133400/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922544-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2009 |access-date=2 October 2008}} The Prowler was running out of fuel after a missed approach ("bolter" in Navy parlance), and its crash and the subsequent fire and explosions destroyed or damaged 19 other aircraft.{{cite web |title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77226 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=77226 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=20 December 2016}}{{cite book |title= Military Aviation Disasters |last= Gero |first= David |year= 1999 |publisher= Haynes |location= Yeovil, UK |isbn= 1-85260-574-X |pages= [https://archive.org/details/militaryaviation0000gero/page/131 131–132] |url= https://archive.org/details/militaryaviation0000gero/page/131 }}
• On 5 December 1988 at 0215 hours, a US Navy EA-6B was reported missing after taking off on a training exercise from the USS Constellation (CV-64), approximately 900 miles west of San Diego, California. A search and rescue team reported seeing debris, but the debris sank before a recovery operation could be undertaken. All four of the crew were killed.https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/57210
• On 3 November 1992, a US Navy EA-6B (161776,P99 First lCAP ll) from VAQ 129 crashed after takeoff outside of Naval Air Facility, El Centro killing all three crew members aboard.{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-05-me-1423-story.html |title = Carlsbad Aviator 1 of 3 Dead in Crash |publisher = Los Angeles Times |date = 5 November 1992}}
• On 3 February 1998, a USMC EA-6B, BuNo 163045, from VMAQ-2 struck the cables of a cable car system in Cavalese, Italy. The crew broke rules to fly low at high speed in mountainous terrain, cut the cables and caused the death of 20 people when a cable car running on the line fell to the ground. The aircraft also suffered severe damage to its vertical stabiliser and wings as a result of striking the cable, but was landed successfully at Aviano Air Base.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/18/world/death-in-the-alps-a-special-report-how-wayward-us-pilot-killed-20-on-ski-lift.html?pagewanted=all |title=DEATH IN THE ALPS: A special report.; How Wayward U.S. Pilot Killed 20 on Ski Lift |newspaper=The New York Times |first1=John |last1=Tagliabue |first2=Matthew L. |last2=Wald |date=18 February 1998}}{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/53428.stm |title= Italian outrage over cable car tragedy |publisher=BBC News |date= 4 February 1998}}
• On 8 November 1998, a USN EA-6B landed on a Lockheed S-3 Viking during night landing qualifications on {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}}; four crew members were killed.{{cite news |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EFDD1E3EF933A25752C1A96E958260 |title=Navy Flying Accident Leaves at Least 1 Dead |date=10 November 1998}}{{cite web |url = https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/archives/command-operation-reports/ship-command-operation-reports/e/enterprise-cvn-65-viii/pdf/1998.pdf |title = COMMAND HISTORY UNITED STATES SHIP ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 1998 |page = 3 |publisher = United States Navy}}
• On 11 March 2013, a USN EA-6B of Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-129 in Washington State, crashed during a training exercise. Three crew members were killed.{{cite web |title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153967 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/153967 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=20 September 2021}} A year later, an investigation determined that the Prowler experienced a controlled flight into terrain that was due to pilot error.{{Cite news |work=KBPS Broadcasting |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/mar/12/navy-jet-crash-killed-3-caused-pilot-error/ |title=Report: Deadly Navy Jet Crash Caused By Pilot Error |first = Beth Ford |last = Roth |date= 12 March 2014}}

• EA-6A: Two early production A-6As converted to EA-6As as prototypes. Total of 25 EA-6As were built, including 10 conversions of A-6As and 15 production EA-6As.{{cite web | url=http://www.airvectors.net/ava6.html | title=Grumman A-6 Intruder & EA-6B Prowler }}
• EA-6B: Three A-6As converted as initial prototypes. Total of 170 EA-6Bs were built.

• 160786 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Yamato, Kanagawa.{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – Grumman EA-6B Prowler, s/n 160786 USN, c/n P-73 |url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=151859 |website=Aerial Visuals |publisher=AerialVisuals.ca |access-date=11 August 2017}}

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File:EA-6B Prowler, X-35B Joint Strike Fighter & A-6E Intruder at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 10 February 2024.jpg, alongside a Lockheed Martin X-35B & Grumman A-6E Intruder]]

• 147865 – EA-6A on static display at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Grumman EA-6A Intruder, s/n 147865 USN, c/n 2|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=40018|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 148618 – EA-6A on static display at Naval Air Station Key West in Big Coppitt Key, Florida.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – GrummanA-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler, s/n 148618 USN|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=15171|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 149475 – EA-6A on static display at the Wisconsin National Guard Memorial Library and Museum at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – GrummanA-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler, s/n 149475 USN|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=6200|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 156481 – EA-6B on static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.
• 156478 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington.
• 156984 – EA-6A on static display at the Warner Museum of Aviation and Transportation in Sioux City, Iowa.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – GrummanA-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler, s/n 156984 USN|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=74942|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 158029 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Lexington Park, Maryland.{{cite web |title=EA-6B PROWLERS ON DISPLAY |url=http://www.ea6bprowler.org/onpublicdisplay|website=Prowler Association |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104940/http://www.ea6bprowler.org/onpublicdisplay |url-status=dead}}
• 158033 – EA-6B on static display at Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington Park, Maryland.{{cite news |last1=Shrum |first1=Joy |title=New aircraft on the 'prowl' at Patuxent River Air Museum |url=http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1217/new-aircraft-on-the-prowl-at-patuxent-river-air-museum.html |access-date=2 April 2018|work=TheBayNet.com |date=2 December 2017 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051931/http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1217/new-aircraft-on-the-prowl-at-patuxent-river-air-museum.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Grumman EA-6B Prowler, s/n 158033 USN|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7617|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=3 April 2018}}
• 158034 – EA-6B on static display at Charles B. Hall Airpark at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 158036 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington.
• 158542 FrankenProwler – EA-6B on static display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Three different ADVCAP airframes were assembled to create this one airframe.{{cite web|title=EA-6B Prowlers on Display|url=http://www.vaq136.com/ea6bbases/display.html|website=VAQ136.com|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 158810 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Station Fallon in Fallon, Nevada.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Grumman EA-6B-45-GR Prowler, s/n 158810 USMC, c/n P40|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=136727|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 158811 – EA-6B on static display at the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California.{{cite news |title=EA-6B Prowler |url=http://pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/ea-6b-prowler |website=Pacific Coast Air Museum |publisher=Pacific Coast Air Museum |access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 160432 – EA-6B on static display at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
• 160436 – EA-6B on static display at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.{{cite web |title=Our Collection |url=https://www.castleairmuseum.org/collection |website=Castle Air Museum |access-date=11 August 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Grumman EA-6B Prowler, s/n 160436 USN|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=182015|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 160609 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 161882 – EA-6B on static display at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. Formerly on display at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in San Diego, California.{{Cite web |url=https://www.marchfield.org/aircraft/attack/ea-6b-prowler-northrop-grumman/ |website=March Field Air Museum |access-date=7 March 2024 |title=March Field Air Museum in Riverside, CA - EA-6B Prowler, Northrop Grumman }}
• 161884 – EA-6B on static display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. It is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, Florida.{{cite web |title=Grumman EA-6B Prowler |url=http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/Grumman-EA-6B-Prowler |website=The Museum of Flight |access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 162228 – EA-6B on static display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. This aircraft along with 162230 participated in the decommissioning of VMAQ-2 in March, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.flightmuseum.com/ea-6b-prowler-party/|title=EA-6B Prowler Party |date=21 March 2019 |website=Frontiers of Flight Museum |language=en-US |access-date=12 August 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929041144/https://www.flightmuseum.com/ea-6b-prowler-party/| url-status=dead}}
• 162230 – EA-6B on static display at the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. This aircraft along with 162228 participated in the decommissioning of VMAQ-2 in March, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://vmaqmonument.org/news/f/aircraft-162230-on-display-at-the-smithsonians-udvar-hazy-center |title=Aircraft 162230 on display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center |website=VMAQ Monument Foundation |language=en-US |access-date=12 August 2019}}
• 162935 – EA-6B on static display at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California.{{cite web |title=Aircraft Onboard|url=http://midwaysaircraft.org/status_a.htm |website=Midway's Aircraft |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705140216/http://midwaysaircraft.org/status_a.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |date=8 March 2016}}
• 162938 – EA-6B on static display at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York.{{cite web |title=Grumman EA-6B "Prowler" |url=http://americanairpowermuseum.com/2013/01/01/grumman-ea-6b-prowler |website=American Airpower Museum |access-date=11 August 2017 |date=1 January 2013 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104109/http://americanairpowermuseum.com/2013/01/01/grumman-ea-6b-prowler |url-status=dead}}
• 163033 – EA-6B on static display at the Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina. It flew to the museum from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.{{cite web |title=Northrop Grumman EA-6B "Prowler" |url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/5e34671bc6a65f9b09a864c62bbc3570?AccessKeyId=2158F2CB6BFA6619063B&disposition=0 |website=Hickory Aviation Museum |access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 163047 – EA-6B on static display at the MAPS Air Museum in Canton, Ohio{{Cite web |date=18 December 2019 |title=Northrop Grumman EA-6B "Prowler" - MAPS Air Museum |url=https://mapsairmuseum.org/northrop-grumman-ea-6b-prowler/ |access-date=25 December 2022 |language=en-US}}
• 163395 – EA-6B on static display at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.{{cite web|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Naval+Academy+Observatory/@38.9869729,-76.492592,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOn--BivgmvkBh3ucH1_rJxGyeEBL5ng8iWtO9Z!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOn--BivgmvkBh3ucH1_rJxGyeEBL5ng8iWtO9Z%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i2988!8i5312!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sea-6b+prowler!3m4!1s0x89b7f652c9affb7f:0xc1f0cc74b470092!8m2!3d38.9869728!4d-76.4925919|access-date=16 October 2019}}
• 163886 – EA-6B on static display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado.{{cite web |title=EA-6B Prowler |url=http://wingsmuseum.org/portfolio/ea-6b-prowler-2 |website=Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum |date=4 November 2016 |access-date=11 August 2017}}
• 163890 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Base Ventura County in Camarillo, California.{{Cite web |last=NAWCWD Public Affairs |date=July 12, 2015 |title=NAVAIR |url=https://www.navair.navy.mil/node/22621}}{{Cite web |title=Pt Mugu Spotters on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkPRJc0JcqF/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=Instagram |language=en}}
• 164401 – EA-6B on static display at Naval Support Activity Crane in Crane, Indiana.

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File:EA-6B Prowlers supporting Northern Watch.jpg flying in support of Operation Northern Watch, 2002.]]

File:EA-6B Prowler supporting Joint Endeavor from CVN-73.jpg, 1995.]]

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|crew= four (one pilot, three electronic countermeasures officers)

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|max takeoff weight lb= 61,500

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|eng1 number= 2

|eng1 name= Pratt & Whitney J52-P-408A

|eng1 type=turbojet engines

|eng1 lbf= 10,400

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|max speed kts= 566

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|cruise speed kts= 418

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|range nmi= 2,022

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|ceiling ft= 37,600

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|g limits=

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|climb rate ftmin= 12,900

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|wing loading lb/sqft= 116

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|thrust/weight= 0.34

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|hardpoints= five total: one on the centerline/under-fuselage and four under-wing pylon stations

|hardpoint capacity= {{convert|18000|lb|lk=on|sigfig=2}}

|hardpoint missiles= Up to four AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missiles (typically two carried)

|hardpoint other=

• Up to five {{convert|300|gal|L|lk=on}} external drop tanks
• Up to five AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS) external pods
• AN/ALE-43(V)1&4 Bulk Chaff Dispensing System pod
• AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pod (USMC only)

|avionics=

• AN/ALQ-218 Tactical Jamming System Receiver
• AN/USQ-113 Communications Jamming System

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• Grumman A-6 Intruder

|similar aircraft=

• Boeing EA-18G Growler
• General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven

|lists=

• List of active United States military aircraft
• List of military electronics of the United States

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• {{cite book |last=Bowers |first=Peter M. |title=United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 |location=Annapolis, Maryland, US |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-87021-792-5 }}
• {{cite book |editor-link= |editor-last= Donald |editor-first=David |title=Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler |chapter=Warplanes of the Fleet |publisher=AIRtime |year=2004 |isbn=1-880588-81-1 }}
• {{cite book |title=The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft |editor-first1=Paul |editor-last1=Eden |editor-first2=Soph |editor-last2=Moeng |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |location=London, UK |year=2002 |isbn=0-7607-3432-1}}
• {{Cite book |last=Grossnick |first=Roy A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMs4L3zDrigC&dq=Grenada+1983+EA-6&pg=PA737 |title=United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995 |date=1997 |publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy |isbn=978-0-945274-34-6 |language=en}}
• {{cite book |last= Hansen |first= Ole Steen |title= The EA-6B Prowler |year= 2006 |publisher= Capstone Press |isbn= 0-7368-5252-2}}
• {{cite book |title= Encyclopedia of modern US military weapons |first= Timothy M. |last= Laur |publisher= Berkley Trade |date= July 1998 |isbn= 0-4251-6437-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Miska |first=Kurt H. |title=Grumman A-6A/E Intruder; EA-6A; EA6B Prowler (Aircraft in Profile number 252) |volume=14 |chapter=Aircraft in Profile |place=Windsor, Berkshire, UK |publisher=Profile Publications Ltd. |year=1974 |pages=137–160 |isbn=0-85383-023-1 }}
• {{cite book |last= Sweetman |first= Bill |title= Radar Jammers: The EA-6B Prowlers |publisher= Capstone |year= 2002 |isbn= 0-7368-1069-2}}

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{{Commons category|Grumman EA-6B Prowler}}

• [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=900&ct=1 EA-6B Prowler Fact File] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912005148/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=900&ct=1 |date=12 September 2007 }} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20070407161253/http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/ea6.htm EA-6B history on Navy.mil]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20171210175725/http://www.avsafe.com/ASCUR.HTM EA-6B Gondola Mishap, Cavalese, Italy, 3 February 1998], Aviation Safety Consulting Services,
• [http://www.airvectors.net/ava6.html The Grumman A-6 Intruder & EA-6B Prowler (airvectors.net)]

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