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January 06, 2004

Navy Prowler Pilot Trains to Fly Air Force B-2

While the B-2 bomber has already seen many milestones in its first 10 years, the 394th Combat Training Squadron (CTS) is currently training the program's first Navy pilot, who will fly his first B-2 sortie at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, (WA) this month. Lt. Michael Orr, a native of California, has been flying the EA-6B Prowler for the Navy since 1998 and began his B-2 training with the 394th CTS in April. The Prowler is the only platform that denies, disrupts and degrades the enemy's radar, so the crews are charged with supporting inter-service assets. Since the Prowler helps the B-2 elude radar through electronic attack, the 509th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) began bringing Prowler students from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to Whiteman Air Force Base,

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