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Fuerza Aerea Panameņa (FAP): ELECTRONIC WARFARE FIGHTERS

ELECTRONIC WARFARE FIGHTERS

EF-111P Super Raven: 20 aircraft

EA-18G Growler: 10 aircraft
Crew: 2 (Pilot and weapon systems officer)
Length: 18.31 m; Wingspan: 13.62 m; Height: 4.88 m; Wing area: 46.5 m˛
Empty weight: 15,011 kg (33,094 lb). Max. takeoff weight: 29,964 kg (66,000 lb)
Maximum speed: High altitude: Mach 1.8 (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
Cruise speed: Mach 1.01 (1,250 km/h)
Ferry range: 3,330 km (2,070 mi, 1,800 nmi )
Combat radius: 722 km (449 mi, 390 nmi) for interdiction mission
Service ceiling: +50,000 ft (+15,000 m)

Armament

Guns: none.
Hardpoints: 9 total: 6 × under-wing, and 3 × under-fuselage with a capacity of 17,750 lb (8,050 kg) external fuel and ordnance.

Air-to-air missiles:
- 2 × AIM-9X Sidewinder or
- 2 × AIM-120 AMRAAM

Air-to-surface missiles:
- 2 × AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile (ARM)
- 2 × AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

Others:
- 2 x AN/ALQ-218 detection pods
- 2 x AN/ALQ-99 High Band Jamming Pods
- 1 x AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Jamming Pod
- 1 x AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR)
- 2 x 480 U.S. gallon (1,800 L) drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time

The two wingtip missile launcher rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder, found on the E/F Super Hornet, have been replaced with AN/ALQ-218 detection pods; The A/A-49A-2 gun system with the 20 mm M61A2 cannon has been removed and replaced by a pod of electronic boxes that control the AN/ALQ-218 and assist with coordinating AN/ALQ-99 jamming attacks.

It have the Raytheon AN/APG-79 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and Electronic Attack Unit (EAU) AES Mission Computer.

Mission: is an carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet. The primary missions of the aircraft are electronic attack (EA) and suppression of enemy air defences (SEAD), particularly at the start and ongoing early stages of hostilities.
The ALQ-218 combined with the ALQ-99 form a full spectrum electronic warfare suite that is able to provide detection and jamming against all known surface-to-air threats. However, the current pods may be inadequate against emerging threats. The EA-18G will also use the INCANS Interference Cancellation system that will allow voice communication while jamming enemy communications. In addition to the radar warning and jamming equipment, the Growler possesses a communications receiver and jamming system that will provide suppression and electronic attack against airborne communication threats.

Three Growlers networked together can generate targeting tracks for hostile radio-frequency sources in real time. Utilizing faster data-links, the Growler could use its EW pods to accurately locate signal sources. In a group of three planes, when one detects a signal from a source such as a cell phone, the other two can also listen for the same signal, all three measuring the amount of time taken for transmissions to travel from the source to each aircraft to triangulate the location in "a very, very small area."

The Federal Republic of Panama Coalition

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