HMAS Ballarat and US Navy Growlers in electronic warfare exercise
Channel: Royal Australian Navy
Date: 09/06/2021

HMAS Ballarat felt the full force of eight United States Navy EA-18G Growlers aircraft flying overhead during its current Regional Presence Deployment (RPD).

Demonstrating the strength of the Australia-United States alliance the exercise provided valuable and realistic training for both the ship's company and the US pilots from VAQ 132 Squadron (Scorpions). The Growlers made a number of high-tempo passes over the Ballarat performing various electronic warfare profile and jamming procedures and giving the ship's crew the opportunity to counter those measures.

HMAS Ballarat is currently on a three-month RPD to South-East and North-East Asia.
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