Electronic-warfare aircraft

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.

(Soviet Union)

Antonov An-12BK-PPS

(Soviet Union)

Antonov An-26REP

(United States)

Boeing EA-18G Growler

Denel TP1 Oryx EW ()

South Africa

(China)

Chengdu J-10D

EW (South Africa)

Douglas C-47TP

(United States)

Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior

(United States)

Douglas EB-66 Destroyer

(United States)

Douglas EF-10B Skyknight

(Brazil)

Embraer R-99

(United States)

General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven

(Israel)

IAI 202B Arava

(Soviet Union) / (Russia)

Ilyushin Il-22PP

(Japan)

Kawasaki EC-1

(Japan)
A US Navy EA-18G Growler

Kawasaki RC-2

(United States)

Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call

(Soviet Union)

Mil Mi-8PP

(United States)

Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler

(Germany / Italy)

Tornado ECR

(China)

Shaanxi Y-8EW

(China)

Shaanxi Y-8-GX1

(China)

Shaanxi Y-9-GX11

(China)

Shaanxi Y-9DZ

(China)

Shenyang J-15D

(China)

Shenyang J-16D

(Soviet Union)

Sukhoi Su-24MP

(Soviet Union)

Tupolev Tu-16RM-2

(Soviet Union)

Yakovlev Yak-28PP

Examples of modern aircraft designed or modified for EW include: