While SEAD missions started with a modified F-100 Super Sabre in Vietnam, the role quickly moved on to the F-4 Phantom and then the F-105 Thunderchief, before returning to a version of the Phantom ...

The Growler is equipped with a sophisticated suite of weapons systems designed to conduct electronic attacks and suppress enemy air defenses (SEAD). As Navy.mil puts it, the AN/ALQ-99 jamming pods ...