Midweek Sortie 18: ES-3A Shadow—The Silent Ears of the Fleet
Born from the Viking, the ES-3A Shadow gave carrier battle groups a quiet electronic scout—an aircraft built to hear first, warn early, and extend the fleet’s reach beyond horizon.
The ES-3A Shadow provides indications and warnings for the Battle Group commander, and is normally assigned to AQ, the Command and Control Warfare commander, for tasking and mission assignment.
—Federation of American Scientists
Red lights wash the ready room, and the map is already crowded with arrows, emitter rings, and thin grea…
