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	EF-111 Raven
		All major allied air attacks were supported by Ravens that teamed with other Air Force and allied electronic combat units to cause a rapid collapse of the enemy air defense system.
		The EF-111A SIP was the first major upgrade to the Raven since the aircraft's introduction into the Air Force in 1981.
		The Raven's replacement, the Prowler, is a four-seat derivative of the highly successful A-6 Intruder.
	www.angelfire.com /space/grumman/aircraft/raven.html (1032 words)

	Golden Age Weaponsmiths F-111F Aardvark / EF-111A Raven
		The EF-111 Raven is a modified early version F-111 Aardvark with all weapons removed and carrying the ALQ-99E Jamming system, which is a modified version of the system that is carried on Navy EA-6B Prowler, in the aircrafts ordnance bay and multiple other modifications to allow for the operation of the aircraft's ECM equipment.
		While the aircraft are not as heavily armored as aircraft built in the time of the Rifts, the refitting of the aircraft with new MDC armor allows the aircraft to have some survivability in mega damage combat.
		Unlike the Aardvark, The Raven has no hard points and the main modifications have been to simply upgrade the aircraft's armor so that it can be hit by enemy fire and not be automatically destroyed.
	members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/GAW_F-111_Aardvark.htm (2936 words)

	Grumman EF-111A Raven
		First deliveries of EF-111A Ravens were made to the 390th Electronic Combat Squadron of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho in November 1981 and to the 42nd ECS of the 20th TFW at RAF Upper Heyford in February 1984.
		Even though the Raven is unarmed and has no air-to-air capability, the Raven crew was given credit for the kill.
		The USAF retired the final examples of the EF-111A Raven from service with the 429th ECS of the 27th FW at Cannon AFB, New Mexico on May 2, 1998.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f111_3.html (1162 words)

	Electronic Warfare...
		For the Navy, this means that all of its strike aircraft will have to be equipped, for the foreseeable future, with self-protection equipment such as flares to distract heat-seeking missiles, chaff to confuse radar, and towed decoys that can mimic the aircraft's electromagnetic signatures.
		The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet will host an integrated defensive EW suite that detects and deceives hostile sensors by using all of these methods.
		But it is not possible to equip strike aircraft with all of the EW systems they would need to successfully counter advanced air defenses, so they will continue to require standoff and escort jamming from planes like the Prowler.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower_mag/march2001/electronic_warfare.htm (1888 words)

	EF-111 Final Flight
		The Air Force EF-111 Raven will be replaced by the Navy's EA-6B Prowler.
		"I'm proud to have had the Ravens under my command at Operation Northern Watch," said Lamontagne, who was the operations group commander for the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon from 1991 to 1993.
		A further postscript is that the EF Farewell weekend is 1-3 May 98.
	www.f-111.net /EF_final.htm (945 words)

	EF111
		Development of the EF-111A Raven began in January 1975 when the Air Force contracted Grumman Aerospace to convert two F-111As into electronic warfare platforms.
		Among the Raven's most distinguishing features are a fin-tip pod or "football" mounted on top of the reinforced vertical stabilizer and a narrow canoe-shaped radome mounted under the fuselage,
		During operation Desert Storm an EF-111 was responsible for one of the first kills of the conflict as a maneuvering Raven caused a pursuing Iraqi Mirage to crash into the ground.
	www.kgwings.com /ef111/ef111.html (330 words)

	DR ACRONYM
		SEAD: suppression of enemy air defenses, done spectacularly in the Gulf War by F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft and EF-111 Raven radar jammers and the EA-6B Prowler, which has a gold-tinted cockpit to shield pilots' vital organs from radiation emanating from the 4 ALQ-99 jammer pods.
		The Air Force is retiring the Weasels and the Ravens, though a handful got a reprieve thanks to their performance in rescuing the recently downed Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot in Bosnia.
		ASPJ: airborne self-protection jammer, a bunch of fl boxes mounted in an airplane that warps enemy radar signals to hide a pilot's location, or, better yet, generate the appearance of thousands of attacking aircraft on enemy screens.
	www.washingtontechnology.com /news/10_7/news/9316-1.html (498 words)

	Welcome to EM/MMF ELU I-level support units
		In the mid-1990's, the United States Navy and Air Force considered the wisdom of combining the mission of Electronic Warfare into a single system and support platform that could swiftly deploy to any airfield around the world.
		The EA-6B Prowler was chosen for its wide capability and carrying power over the old EF-111 Raven.
		To support the concept of rapidly deploying Prowler squadrons with quick Intermediate level capabilities, the Navy adopted the US Marine concept of MALS with its moble maintenance van complex system and commisioned the Extended Mission/ Mobile Maintenance facility command (EM/MMF) in January 1995.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,702294,00.html (153 words)

	EF-111As in SWA return home for the last time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Three EF-111A jets and 6 aircrew members from the 429th ECS here returned April 4, and about 60 members of the squadron and 27th Fighter Wing returned April 6.
		During this final rotation, the deployed Raven crews worked especially close with their Navy counterparts to ensure a smooth transition from the EF-111 to its replacement, the EA-6B Prowler, according to Weigl.
		The official transition ceremony between the EA-6B and the EF-111 took place March 31 at the Raven's deployed location.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/n19980410_980482.html (413 words)

	Davis-Montham F-111's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, the F-111 was a very successful aircraft, its performance was extraordinary, and its eventual service live exemplary.
		Its last incarnation was as the EF-111A, Raven, an Electronic Warfare version that due to its performance could uniquely provide cover for the fastest jets in service.
		As can be seen from the photos, there are many Ravens at AMARC.
	www.maclean-nj.com /aircraft/dm/f111.htm (105 words)

	Aircraft: General Dynamics EF-111A Raven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By the way, toward the end of it's service life, the EF was re-fitted with new motors.
		Another story I heard (fact ot fiction) was that the first air-to-air combat kill in Desert Storm was not accomplished by and F-117 or F-15 like you saw on the news, (those guys always got the publicity)but by an EF-111 who tactically out-maneuvered his adversary causing him to crash.
		I was stationed at Mt. Home from 1982 to 1986 and worked on both the EF and the F. I remember saying good bye to the base F aircraft and see the same planes return as the EF.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/genedyna/ef-111a.htm (1446 words)

	Grumman EF-111A Raven aircraft
		The EF-111A Raven is designed to provide electronic countermeasures support.
		The aircraft are being updated with modern digital navigation and flight-control systems, which equip the airplane with ring-laser gyro and global-positioning navigation systems, as well as improved controls and displays.
		The program to convert several F-111A's to EF-111A electronic warfare prototypes and to evaluate their ability to provide electronic countermeasures jamming coverage began in 1972.
	www.military.cz /usa/air/in_service/aircraft/ef111/ef111_en.htm (675 words)

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		The EA-6B is an integral part of the fleet's first line of defense, and will remain so well into the next century.
		As a result of restructuring DoD assets in 1995, the EF-111 Raven was retired, and the EA-6B was left as the only radar jammer in DoD.
		The decision to retire the Air Force EF-111A Raven and to assign all Department of Defense radar jamming missions to the Prowler adds to the significance of the EA-6B in joint warfare.
	www.navyleague.org /legislative_affairs/doc/EA_6B.doc (480 words)

	'Elvis Has Left the Building' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		No more "jammin' with the jammers," no "roosting with the ravens," no more "electrons on target." Like Elvis, the Ravens have left the building.
		In June the venerable 429th Electronic Combat Squadron's EF-111A Ravens take off on their final flight from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. When they touch down, the Raven can boast that it did more jammin' than Elvis ever dreamed of - enemy radar jamming, that is.
		The Raven's last mission will be a lot less glamorous than the one it recently finished in Operation Southern Watch: flying support over the Iraqi desert enforcing the U.N.'s no-fly zone.
	www.af.mil /news/airman/0598/raven.htm (160 words)

	NDM Article - Electronic-Warfare Assets Badly Neglected
		So its fielding at the end of the Cold War led to a neglect of electronic-warfare missions and technologies.
		This problem was most apparent in the Air Force, which decided-despite the critical importance of EW in Operation Desert Storm-to retire its EF-111 Raven and F-4G Wild Weasel electronic-warfare aircraft in the 1990s.
		The jamming mission migrated to the Navy's EA-6B Prowler.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2000/Jun/Electronic.htm (1074 words)

	EA-18G Program: The USA's Electronic Growler (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military procurement)
		With the retirement of the US Air Force's long-range EF-111 Raven "Spark 'Vark," the aging EA-6B Prowlers are now the USA's sole remaining tactical aircraft type for radar jamming, communications jamming and information operations like signals interception.
		The EA-18G Growler is based on Boeing's F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet multi-role fighter (which traces its history from the McDonnell Douglas F-18 and the Northrop YF-17) and has 90% commonality with it, just as its predecessor the EA-6B was based on Grumman's robust A-6 Intruder attack aircraft.
		At present, it is scheduled to be the only electronic warfare aircraft in the USA's future force - and since the USA is the only western country with such aircraft, the EA-18G would be the sole source of tactical jamming support for NATO air forces as a whole.
	www.defenseindustrydaily.com /2006/07/ea18g-program-the-usas-electronic-growler/index.php (2523 words)

	F-111 - Military Aircraft
		The conversion made minor avionics updates and strengthened the aircraft to allow its use in a more dynamic role as a fighter aircraft.
		In all 563 F-111s in several variants were built.
		EF-111As in SWA return home for the last time : Apr 10, 1998 (AFNS) - After 2,780 days and 32 continuous rotations in Southwest Asia enforcing the no-fly zone over Southern Iraq, EF-111A Ravens returned home for good.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-111.htm (1628 words)

	Aircraft - RAF Upper Heyford; "Gone But Not Forgotten."
		Other variants include the FB-111 bomber used by the Strategic Air Command, the F-111C used by Australia and the EF-111A Raven, or "Spark Vark" electronic warfare aircraft used to confuse and jam enemy radar.
		A collage of photos taken in August 2001, from Mike Kaplan, 520th Aircraft Generation Squadron, 55th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Jan 1986 - Jan 1988, 55th Fighter Squadron Flight Control and Instrument Systems Specialist Aug 1990 - Jan 1994.
		EF—111 "Raven" at RAF Upper Heyford from 1984 to 1992.
	www.raf-upper-heyford.org /Aircraft.html (2249 words)

	General Dynamics F-111 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The USAF retired its last F-111 fighter-bombers in 1996.
		The EF-111 Raven is an electronic warfare development of the F-111 attack aircraft.
		The equipment is stored in a large canoe under the fuselage and a pod on the tail fin.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/us/F111GENE.html (158 words)

	Why the Vark Has to Stay Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The last bomber version of the F-111 was retired in 1996.
		The last of the F-111 family of aircraft, an EF-111 Raven electronic countermeasures airplane, was retired from Air Force service in 1998.
		A few still soldier on with the Royal Australian Air Force, but they will be retired in 2020.
	www.strategypage.com /dls/articles/20063802341.asp (524 words)

	EF-111 A Raven 1-72 Model Airplane by Italeri - SHOP.COM
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p29901502 (216 words)

	Metalworks Incorporated EF-500 Stormhawk
		The jamming systems were purchased from the REEF in Florida under a special agreement that the systems would not be sold to any other parties without permission of the REEF.
		Metalworks is strongly considering building a sales version of the aircraft but it will carry less powerful jamming equipment adapted from the Pre-Rifts ALQ-99E Jamming Suite carried on the EA-6B Prowler, EF-111 Raven, and EF-18G Growler.
		The F-500 Tigerhawk was chosen as the basis for the jamming aircraft due to the ease of adapting the aircraft compared to some other airframes due to the Tigerhawk fighter carrying all of its ordnance externally.
	members.tripod.com /~The_Kitsune/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/MI_EF-500_Stormhawk.htm (3226 words)

	General Dynamics F-111 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of the -As delivered to the RAAF were Vietnam veterans, purportedly still bearing the scars of anti-aircraft fire.
		42 F-111As were converted as the EF-111A Raven for an electronic warfare tactical electronic jamming role.
		They can be distinguished from other -As by the equipment bulge atop their tails, a featuring leading to the nickname "Fat Tail."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111 (5201 words)

	Security Watchtower
		Now there is a new role planned for the H models, which are projected to be staying in service until the year 2040.
		The Air Force plans a return to the radar-jamming business, which it ceded to Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B Prowlers in 1998, when it retired its EF-111 Raven aircraft.
		This month, the service will select an industry lead systems integrator for its B-52 Stand-Off Jammer program, which will assign the venerable B-52H long-range bomber a new role.
	www.securitywatchtower.com /archives/002183weapons_of_war_the_b52.html (489 words)

	Statement of Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The same cannot be said of the EA-6B jamming aircraft, which is essential to combat support of the strike fighters.
		s last EF-111 Raven in May of last year, the EA-6B Prowler is the only dedicated tactical jammer left in the U.S. aircraft inventory.
		It therefore plays a critical role supporting joint missions in places such as Bosnia and Iraq, particularly in the suppression of enemy air defenses.
	www.house.gov /hasc/testimony/106thcongress/99-02-24thompson.htm (1967 words)

	FLUG REVUE March 1999: EA-6B Prowler keeps up US EW capabilities
		Since the US Air Force took the EF-111 Raven out of service in the summer of 1998, the EA-6Bs are the American Forces' only remaining tactical electronic countermeasures aircraft.
		Apart from that I simply leave them to do their job," explained Frano.
		The former A-6- Navigator stresses especially the fact that his soldiers are very experienced: "We have pilots here, who used to fly F-14, A-6, B-52 Stratofortress, A-10 Thunderbolt II or EF-111A Raven.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRheft/FRH9903/FR9903b.htm (765 words)

	EA-6B Prowler
		Its ability to monitor the electromagnetic spectrum and actively deny an adversary's use of radar and communications is unmatched by any airborne platform worldwide.
		In the wake of DOD budgetary decisions to retire the F-4G Wild Weasel and phase out the EF-111 Raven, there will be increased reliance by the Joint Force Commander (JFC) on the EA-6B Prowler for the joint suppression of enemy air defenses (J-SEAD) role.
		It is understood that SEAD is much more than jamming and anti- radiation missiles.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/ea-6b_prowler.htm (2141 words)

	F-111 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		DESCRIPTION: The F-111 is a supersonic tactical strike fighter-bomber.
		The EF-111A Raven, a modified F-111A, is designed to provide electronic countermeasures support for tactical air forces.
		It is designed to detect, sort, identify and nullify different enemy radar systems.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/systems/dvic235.htm (562 words)

	Electronic Warfare Working Group Library: Issue Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This problem has been most apparent in the Air Force.
		Despite the critical importance of EW in Operation Desert Storm, the Air Force decided to retire its EF-111 Raven and F-4G Wild Weasel electronic-warfare aircraft in the 1990s, thus, leaving the primary responsibility of support jamming to the Navy and the EA-6B Prowler, its principle electronic-warfare asset.
		This calculated drift from EW was shortsighted and the consequences are already being seen.
	www.house.gov /pitts/initiatives/ew/Library/Press/000711c-pitts.htm (1791 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the Balkan conflict, USAF-led NATO forces flew about 35,000 sorties but lost just two airplanes and no crew members.
		In that sense, the mid-1990s decision to phase out F-4G "Wild Weasel" Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses aircraft and EF-111 Raven jammers seems not to have been a force breaker.
		However, a major lesson of the Balkan War was that the Air Force's defense suppression assets have been spread thinly.
	www.iwar.org.uk /iwar/resources/iw-course/IW150Reading.doc (3219 words)

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		AFAIK, today The Navy EA-6B Prowler is the only one tactical EW aircraft out there among the wolrd air force inventory, since the retirement of The Air Force EF-111 Raven some years ago, though EA-18G Growler will be in the near future.
		So, what's the problem of having some tac EW assests in your air force?
		On the up-side, the changes to make an F/A-18G are fairly easy at the time of manufacture and the airplane retains all the capabilities of the base F/A-18F (although its empty weight is a bit higher).
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/6-7527.asp (1603 words)

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