EA-3B Skywarrior
Taken at Patriots Point, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, USA. This is part of the aircraft exhibit aboard the USS Yorktown. Skywarriers began service in 1956 as a carrier based strategic bomber. The EA-3B Skywarrior was an electronic reconnaissance version developed in the late 1950s. This version operated from aircraft carriers until 1988 and land based facilities until September, 1991. The Skywarrior was the largest and heaviest aircraft to regularly operate from an aircraft carrier, earning the nickname "Whale".
EA-3B Skywarrior
Taken at Patriots Point, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, USA. This is part of the aircraft exhibit aboard the USS Yorktown. Skywarriers began service in 1956 as a carrier based strategic bomber. The EA-3B Skywarrior was an electronic reconnaissance version developed in the late 1950s. This version operated from aircraft carriers until 1988 and land based facilities until September, 1991. The Skywarrior was the largest and heaviest aircraft to regularly operate from an aircraft carrier, earning the nickname "Whale".