Growler on the prowl A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, top, from VAQ-141 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and an F-15C from U.S. Air Force 44th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, maneuver near Guam during the multinational Cope North exercise earlier this year. The Growler and the F-15 are made by Boeing in St. Louis. The weeklong flying exercise, featuring large-force operations using 15 different aircraft types from the U.S. Air Force and Navy, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force, improved the three allies’ ability to work together and collaborate in fighter, refueling, tanker and bomber operations. Realism was provided by an “opposing force” of F-16s from the USAF 18th Aggressor Squadron from Alaska. PHOTO: JIM HASELTINE/HIGH-G PRODUCTIONS BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2013 43
Frontiers July 2013 Issue
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