An EA-3B Skywarrior from VQ-1 over the South China Sea in 1974. The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a jet-powered strategic bomber that was developed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed by Douglas on behalf of the United States Navy, which sought a carrier -capable strategic bomber.

ea-3a和ea-3b是美国海军的舰载电子战飞机，由 a-3攻击机 改装而成。其中，第一架ea-3a由一架a-3a改装而成，将炸弹舱改成了增压舱，电子情报员安置在内，包括原型机共制造了6架。

The EA-3B carried a crew of seven, with flight crew of three in the cockpit and an Electronic Warfare Officer and three electronic systems operators/evaluators in the converted weapons bay. It offered unique electronic reconnaissance capabilities in numerous Cold War-era conflicts and the Vietnam War.

Providing the necessary intelligence on the North Vietnamese radar system and escorting most strikes to jam enemy radar and communication networks, the EKA-3Bs proved invaluable, whilst the KA-3Bs saved scores of lives and much valuable equipment by flight refueling aircraft about to run out of fuel short of their carrier or having sustained bat...

ta-3b（a3d-2t）为投弹手/导航员教练型，1959年8月29日首飞，专以训练轰炸机领航员为主，乘员为驾驶员，教官各一名，学员6名，生产数仅12架。 总体评价

The EA-3B Skywarrior was the largest and heaviest aircraft to regularly operate from an aircraft carrier, earning the nickname "Whale." Skywarriors began service in 1956 as a carrier-­based strategic bomber. This role was phased-­out by the early 1960s as the US Navy's main strategic deterrent role moved to Ballistic Missile Submarines.

EA－3B是在美国道格拉斯公司生产的A－3B基础上改装发展而成的电子战飞机。 改装过程中，不仅将原先的武器舱改成4个电子系统操作员舱和电磁情报设备舱，而且换装了新的发动机。 不过，机体没有什么变化，从外形上看，EA－3B比A－3B仅仅在垂尾顶部多了个条状天线罩。 该机乘员7人。 翼展22．10米，机长23．27米，机高6．9米。 空重18702千克，最大起飞重量35412千克。 最大平飞速度1033千米/小时，巡航速度739千米/小时。 实用升限12588米，转场航程2224 …

A-3 / EA-3B Skywarrior. The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, a twin-engined, swept-wing jet aircraft, was the largest airplane ever designed to operate from an aircraft carrier.

2020年7月18日 · Unlike the EKA-3B, the EA-3B wasn’t a jamming platform—instead it was a spy plane equipped with a battery of electromagnetic sensors (ESMs) to identify and locate enemy communications and ...

2016年8月29日 · Douglas supplied its large, twin-engine Skywarrior jet-powered bomber to both the United States Air Force (as the B-66 Destroyer) and the United States Navy (as the A-3 Skywarrior). Some 282 of the latter were produced and these managed a healthily-long operational service life spanning from 1956 to 1991.