EA-6B Prowler Makes Its Final Flight for Navy

[Onkel Neal]

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After 45 years of service, the Navy EA-6B Prowler has made its final flight.

The aircraft was retired last week with a three-day commemoration at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington.

The farewell ceremony, attended by more than 1,000 people, featured retired Capt. Fred Wilmot, a former Prowler test pilot who delivered the first of the aircraft to Whidbey Island in January 1971. He was also a passenger on the last Prowler to fly at Whidbey Island.

"The fact that the Prowler stuck around for 45 years is testimony to how well it was designed and built and the thousands of men and women who have maintained and operated it," Wilmot said.

The Prowler was the Navy and Marine Corps' primary electronic warfare aircraft, performing electronic surveillance and jamming enemy radar and communications.