Grumman EA-6B Prowler, Flying with the US Navy and Marine Corps

The EA-6B Prowler was contructed by Grumman and based on the A-6 Intruder. It was an electronic warfare aircraft and saw extensive service in the US Navy and with the US Marines until the latter withdrew it as recent as 2019. In this book, over 350 photos show it on land and at sea, both in action and in detail. from the wing-fold mechanism, typical
for carrier based aircraft to the air intake and cockpit. 14 pages of cockpit details are included!

Action and close-up!
This book includes never before published action photos made on board of several US Navy aircraft carriers, as well as photos of details of active aircraft
and of the EA-6B Prowler preserved in the Frontiers Of Flight Museum in Texas. This book not only shows the Prowler in action, but also some very interesting details of the deck of US Navy aircraft carriers, picturing things such as tractors,
deck equipment, crew and the blast doors of the deck catapults.

A complete book for both the aircraft enthusiasts and the scale modellers! An extensive maintenance chapter shows details otherwise hidden, such as the engines, engine bays, the large avionics bays at the forward fuselage and more.

Over 350 photos
in 140 pages !

HMH Publications

Presentation

The Duke Hawkins book series started in the summer of 2017 when two friends were looking for a book on the Anglo-French Sepecat Jaguar that combined both action photography and details of the famous fighter jet. Not finding what they wanted, the idea grew to make a book themselves, using the many photos they made over the years and print it digitally in just 2 copies. After doing so and showing it to some friends, orders started coming in and a plan was developped to redo the book professionally and start a series. Three years later, HMH Publications had 16 titles which are distributed all over the world and purchased by aircraft enthusiasts and scale modellers. If all, the books show the passion by the two friends for military aviation, shared by some of the best aviation photographers in the world. In 2020, a second series was started, this time on aircraft carriers. In the near future, more series will be released, although current series will continue to be produced.

 

Concept

In the Duke Hawkins series, an extensive photographical portrait of military aircraft is given. High quality photos, accompanied by to-the-point explanatory captions show details and capabilities of the aircraft. The books are written in English, have a dynamic design and are filled with photographs exclusively made for the publication. The books are softcover, printed on high quality paper and ranging from 84 to 196 pages. In order to create the most comprehensive books, the authors and photographers visit air bases and museums all around the world.

 

Authors

The books are edited and written by aircraft historian Robert pied and graphic designer Nicolas Deboeck. Combined, both have designed and edited over 40 aviation related publications for several publishers, among which the Belgian Air Force. For some titles, guest editors are invited, such as Antonio Mayandia (Spain) for the F/A-18 Hornet or Kirill Mushak (Russia) for the Mig-31. Being true aviation enthusiasts, part of the profit of the publications go to aviation related restoration projects, such as Team BD 09, restoring a Mirage 5 BD in Belgium or Navy Wings, rebuilding a deHavilland Sea Vixen in the UK.

 

Current titles

DH-001 Sepecat Jaguar
DH-002 Lockheed-Martin F-16
DH-003 Dassault Mirage 2000
DH-004 Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum
DH-005 Panavia Tornado
DH-006 Eurofighter Typhoon
DH-007 Saab Viggen
DH-008 Boeing F/A-18 Hornet
DH-009 Lockheed-Martin C-130
DH-010 Dassault Mirage F1
DH-011 BAE Harrier II
DH-012 Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound
DH-S001 Juan Carlos I aircraft carrier
DH-013 Dassault Mirage III/5/50
DH-014 Douglas A-4 M/N/AR Skyhawk
DH-015 F-4 E/F/EJ Phantom II
DH-016 SIAI Marchetti SF.260
DH-017 Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
DH-018 Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
DH-019 Airbus A-400M Atlas
DH-020 Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker E
DH-021 Grumman EA-6B Prowler
DH-022 C-160 Transall