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Caption:
An EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-142 drops away from a U.S. Air Force KC-135R of
the 4408th Air Refueling Squadron (Provisional) after refueling over
the desert of Saudi Arabia. Both the EA-6B electronic jamming
aircraft as well as the KC-135R tanker are flying from Prince Sultan
Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Southern
Watch. The U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler has taken over the electronic
combat mission from the retiring EF-111A of the U.S. Air Force.
However, under a joint electronic combat mission, U.S. Air Force
aircrew members have been assigned to the combined squadron and are
deploying as a combined unit for the first time in the area of
operations.
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