The EP-3E Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System (ARIES) II is the Navy's only land-based signals intelligence (SIGINT) reconnaissance aircraft and provides fleet and theater commanders with near real-time tactical SIGINT. With sensitive receivers and high-gain dish antennas, the EP-3E exploits a wide range of electronic emissions from deep within targeted territory and can be deployed from a variety of locations based on its commonalities with the P-3 Orion aircraft.
VQ-1/VQ-2 are located at Whidbey Island, Washington.
The latest RhumbLines on Electronic Warfare is HERE.
4 comments:
How about some OPSEC on these missions?
"can be deployed from a variety of locations based on its commonalities with the P-3 Orion aircraft."
This statement is stupid. It can be deployed from a variety of locations because of highly qualified VQ maintenance personnel who deploy around the world to support the acft and its mission. VQ squadrons are self-sustaining and can perform their own maintenance without regard to VP squadron support - which by the way, is notoriously poor.
I got it. :)
FOD,
I knew you would !!!!
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