U.S. Navy Appears To Second Guess Plan To Cut Expeditionary Growlers

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ 135 takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in May 2021.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Navy already appears to be wavering on its plan to divest five squadrons of Boeing EA-18G electronic attack jets over the next three years, with the squadrons remaining in demand and a lack of capacity in carrier-based units to pick up the slack. The service in its fiscal 2023 budget...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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