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Four US Navy FA-18 fly over Afganistan Nov. 25-2010

A U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornet pilot positions the aircraft for refueling from a KC-10 Extender Nov. 25, 2010, over Southwest Asia. The KC-10 is with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (from CENTCOM page)

By Stephen Trimble on February 25, 2009

" Today was Electronic Awareness Warfare Appreciation Day at Andrews AFB. The base hosted a sort of petting zoo for high-tech jamming systems. I noticed a Boeing EA-18G parked on the side, and struck up a conversation with the pilot.

As we chatted about interference cancellation systems, I couldn't help but notice an odd decal decorating the side of the fuselage. I asked the pilot: What's that aircraft decal on the fuselage?

"That's an F-22," he said.

Well, why is it there?

"Because this is the EA-18G that killed an F-22," he explained.

Um, really?

Alas, after that bombshell, the conversation quickly dried up. I did learn the EA-18G kill was courtesy of a well-timed AIM-120 AMRAAM shot. And I learned the simulated combat exercise took place at Nellis AFB. How the EA-18G escort jammer got the shot, and whether its jamming system played a role in the incident were not questions the pilot was prepared to answer.

For the spotters, the aircraft pictured above is EA-1, the first of two Lot 27 F/A-18Fs converted into flying prototypes for the EA-18G program. "

Source:http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/02/