Carlisle says no to the EA-18G

Head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command Gen. Herbert Carlisle said he is not keen on getting the EA-18G to meet the service’s electronic warfare needs.

EA-18G Growler VX-9 from below 2008
By U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

He intends to use the F-35 and the new long-range strike bomber to fulfill the requirements instead.

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