VMAQ-4 deployed to Turkey to support Operation Inherent Resolve

U.S European Command announced on Apr. 14 that it has deployed a squadron of EA-6Bs from VMAQ-4 to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, “to support electronic attack requirements associated with ongoing counter-ISIL operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).”

By Ken H / @chippyho [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The electronic attack jet “provides an umbrella of protection to coalition aircraft and ground troops in the fight against ISIL by intercepting communications as well as denying the enemy’s ability to communicate.”