Keywords: EA-6B viewed from above.jpg <div style clear both ></div> A birds-eye view of an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Cougars of Electronic Attack Squadron 139 VAQ-139 flies a routine training mission VAQ-139 is homeported at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Wash and will soon be deploying to support Operation Iraqi Freedom The EA-6B's primary mission is to protect fleet surface units and other aircraft by jamming hostile radars and communications With its jamming capabilities together with AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles HARM the Prowler a unique national asset that can be deployed from land bases and aircraft carriers Its ability to monitor the electromagnetic spectrum and actively deny an adversary's use of radar and communications is unmatched by any airborne platform worldwide Grumman EA-6 Prowler image Flight Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Wash May 18 2004 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Watkins http //www news navy mil/management/photodb/photos/040519-N-6436W-009 jpg from http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 14261 040519-N-6436W-009 RELEASED PD-USGov-Military-Navy <div style clear both ></div> Aerial photographs of military aircraft in flight Top views of aircraft Electronic Attack Squadron 139 United States Navy |