Naval Unit Sends One of Their Own to Congress.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Mark Kirk, Congressman from Illinois - Brief Article

Freshman Congressman Mark Kirk, R-Ill., (related story page 16-17), was, until this past December, part of a reserve unit based at Andrews Air Force Base that flies the EA-6B Prowler. The 16-aircraft Prowler Squadron, whose members are known as the Star Warriors, have been deployed on numerous missions in the last decade to attack and disable the radar of the enemy. Kirk was the commanding officer for the squadron's intelligence effort at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy, during Operation Northern Watch over Iraq. The Prowler aircraft, made by Northrop Grumman, interrupts radar signals by jamming the radar systems of enemy command and control. Though the stealth bomber was thought at one time to be...