RAAF EA-18G expected to achieve IOC soon

The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) EA-18G fleet is expected to attain initial operational capability (IOC) in the coming months, Australian Aviation reports.

Australian EA-18G after arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in 2017
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


The RAAF’s EA-18G is slightly different from its American cousin by having the capability to attach the ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pod.

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