An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare (EW), that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio systems by using radar jamming and deception methods. In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraft were equipped with chaff in order to blind enemy air defence radars. They were supplemented by specially-equipped aircraft flown by No. 100 Group RAF, which operated modified Halifaxes, Liberators and Fortresses carrying various jammers such as Carpet, Airborne Cigar, Mandrel, Jostle, and Piperack.
== List of electronic-warfare aircraft == Examples of modern aircraft designed or modified for EW include:
China Shaanxi Y-8EW Shaanxi Y-8-GX1 Shaanxi Y-9-GX11 Shaanxi Y-9LG Shaanxi Y-9DZ Shenyang J-15D Shenyang J-16D Germany / Italy Tornado ECR Japan Kawasaki EC-2 Pakistan Dassault Falcon 20 South Africa Denel TP1 Oryx EW Douglas C-47TP EW USSR Antonov An-26REP Mil Mi-8PP Sukhoi Su-24MP Tupolev Tu-16RM-2 Yakovlev Yak-28PP Soviet Union / Russia Ilyushin Il-22PP Turkey Hava SOJ United States Boeing EA-18G Growler Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior Douglas EB-66 Destroyer Douglas EF-10B Skyknight General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler
== See also == Airborne early warning and control Airborne ground surveillance Airborne Battle Management Airborne Launch Control Center
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