The USMC "SAM Killers"

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The Interim Growlers...

 

During the Op.Southern Watch in Iraq the USMC aircrafts had several close calls with SAMs placed in the vicinity of the No Fly zone, as the EA-18 Growler was still not active, the USMC decided to make a small movement with its twin seaters F/A-18's. Using ALQ-99 EW pods and specially two birds Hunter-Killer teams the USMC started to hunt down the Iraqi SAMS that dared to start their radars. The program was a total exit with no planes lost or any more SAM fired to fighter aircraft while the SAM killers were in the air, but the program was discontinued as soon as the first real Growlers started to arrive several years later.

 

 

 

Thanks to EricJ and a huge thanks to Logan by the help with this one. Without his expertise in the iniverse this plane wouldn't have been possible.

Edited August 20, 2015 by Stratos