Electronic-warfare aircraft
An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare, that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio systems by using radar jamming and deception methods.
In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraft were equipped with chaff in order to blind enemy air defence radars. They were supplemented by specially-equipped aircraft flown by No. 100 Group RAF, which operated modified Halifaxes, Liberators and Fortresses carrying various jammers such as Carpet, Airborne Cigar, Mandrel, Jostle, and Piperack.
List of electronic-warfare aircraft
Examples of modern aircraft designed or modified for EW include:- Antonov An-12BK-PPS
- Antonov An-26REP
- Boeing EA-18G Growler
- Denel TP1 Oryx EW
- Douglas C-47TP EW
- Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior
- Douglas EB-66 Destroyer
- Douglas EF-10B Skyknight
- Embraer R-99
- General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven
- IAI 202B Arava
- Ilyushin Il-22PP /
- Kawasaki EC-1
- L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call
- Kawasaki RC-2
- Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call
- Mil Mi-8PP
- Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler
- Tornado ECR
- Shaanxi Y-8EW
- Shaanxi Y-8-GX1
- Shaanxi Y-9-GX11
- Shaanxi Y-9LG
- Shaanxi Y-9DZ
- Shenyang J-15D
- Shenyang J-16D
- Sukhoi Su-24MP
- Tupolev Tu-16RM-2
- Yakovlev Yak-28PP
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Saab Globaleye
- Hava Soj