B-52 Jamming Variant Likely Revived

Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE
The venerable B-52 bomber may get another shot at putting the Air Force back into the jamming business, which has been handled exclusively by Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft since 1996. Pentagon and U.S. Air Force officials killed the nascent B-52 Stand-Off Jammer (SOJ) program last December after its...

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