For their 21st volume, Aircraft in Detail has decided to choose the EA-6B. Up until the introduction of the EA-18G, which replaced it, the Prowler was the main US jamming platform. Indeed, after the retirement of the EF-111A, which had basically the same jamming suite, USAF operators often flew in these aircraft. Based on the rugged A-6 Intruder, the airframe was stretched to handle the additional crew and outlived the attack version by many years.

As with several of these books, the aircraft in question is no longer in service, but there are no lack of photos of the plane both in terms of close-up images and operational photos. It also helps that there are quite a few airframes in museums across the US.

As with other books in the series, you have various sections that include the Fuselage, Cockpit, Wings, Front and Main Landing Gear, Maintenance, Engine, Things under wings, and an In Action section of photos. All of the photos are superb and provide the sort of detail that modelers love. It all makes for a superb book not just for those who like great photos, but those who are interested in more of the detail stuff. It is a book that I can quite easily recommend to fans of the type and modelers alike.

February 2022

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