Italeri 2698 - 1/48 EA-6B Prowler  [IT-2698S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: United States Of America

Model Dim.: 38 cm

EA-6B PROWLER

UPER DECALS SHEET: 5 United States Of America variations!!

The first prototypes about the Grumman EA-6B Prowler was indeed integrated the late 1960s. Its long operational solution, which started in 1971 using the U.S. Navy, which makes it the most prominent electronic warfare aircraft in History of flight. The "Prowler" derives from A-6 Intruder, carrier-based, ground-attack aircraft, where it acquires a big section of its fuselage and wing profile. The Prowler, it is characterized by its setup, which focused on electronic warfare by using the large pod shaped fairing inside vertical fin and side-by-side, double cockpit layout. Today the EA-6B is operating aided by the US Navy, plus aided by the Marines and also the USAF. It took part much more modern disputes in Afghanistan, the Balkan peninsula and Iraq. As well as its old-fashioned functions of radar jamming and electronic warfare, the latest variations, designed with AGM-88 damage missiles, may also be effective at performing hit missions on enemy air defenses.