Douglas ERA-3B Skywarrior cn12092 USN 144846 b

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Douglas ERA-3B Skywarrior cn12092 USN 144846 b
Douglas ERA-3B Skywarrior cn12092 USN 144846 b

Aerospace & Arizona Days 1989,Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ April 1, 1989

Douglas ERA-3B "Skywarrior&quot ; (12092)(USN 144846)(Eight RA-3Bs converted as electronic aggressor aircraft (primarily for war-at sea exercises) with ECM in new extended tail cone, ventral "canoe" fairing, cylindrical fairing atop vertical fin, and two detachable ram-air turbine powered ALQ-76 counter-measures pods (one under each wing). Added chaff (radar countermeasure) dispensers (streaming chaff from the tail cone and two self-protection chaff dispensers on the aft fuselage) and four ram-air turbines (two per side) to power the equipment located in the former bomb bay. Crew increased to four: pilot, navigator, crew chief, and Electronic Countermeasures Officer (ECMO) While the ERA-3B could withstand the stresses of a cable arrested landing, the ALT-40 and ALR-75 equipment in the former bomb bay was not stressed to withstand a catapult launch and the ERA-3B was never deployed aboard carriers. The ERA-3B served with VAQ-33 and later with VAQ-34.)

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Sets appears in:   • A&A Days D-MAFB 1989   
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