IT WAS LOUD, SLOW, and resembled a flying chicken leg. Its nicknames included the unflattering "Sky Pig," even as its crews tried to encourage the somewhat unwieldy "Chariot of Electronic Armageddon." But Northrop Grumman's E A-6B Prowler was an attack aircrew's best friend, jamming enemy communications, gathering intelligence, and attacking enemy radar sites with its AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles. It wasn't the prettiest aircraft in the Navy and Marine Corps arsenal, but it was wily: In its 48 years of service, not a single Prowler was lost in combat.
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