18. EW

Question 1

What are the EW Divisions?

Answer 1

Electric Attack (EA)
Electric Protection (EP)
Electric Support (ES)

Question 2

Types of electronic warfare attack?

Answer 2

Offensive - jamming radar, anti radiation missiles (SEAD/ DEAD)
Employing self propelled decoy systems

Defensive- self protection(chef/flares), Towed decoy, protection jammers/lasers, directed energy IR countermeasures.

Question 3

EA is considered a type of fires?

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

EP is NOT force protection or self protection. These fall under (EA)

Answer 4

True

Question 5

EP

Answer 5

Freq coordination measures
GPS signal protection measures
Variable pulse repetition frequency in a radar
Flare rejection logic on an IR missile

Question 6

ES

Answer 6

Electronic Warfare Support-
refers to division involving actions tasked by commander/ intercept, identify, locate, localize sources etc..

electromagnetic environment for the commander to perform ops

Question 7

F-16 Block 50/52

mission/payload

Answer 7

SEAD/DEAD
AGM-88 HARM (high speed antiradiation missile
carries GBU-38, 12, ect.. for Destruction of enemy air defenses (DEAD)

Question 8

EC-130H

mission

Answer 8

provide combatant commander ability to jam

physical warfare/information warfare

Question 9

EC-130J

misson

Answer 9

For strategic and information warfare
PYSOP, information warfare, tv station, airborne radio.
secondary jamming
Mostly SOF tasked A/C

Question 10

EA-18G Growler
mission
payload

Answer 10

radar jammer
AGM-88 HARM
EMS jamming
RF broadcast on single RF channel (PSYOP)

Question 11

RC-135

mission

Answer 11

support theatre and national level customers

info can lead to cross cueing for PID

Question 12

C-130H

Answer 12

support theatre and national level customers

Question 13

FORMS for EW request

Answer 13

DD1972 and/or EARF