F3D-2Q / EF-10

[Librarian]

A highly successful yet forgotten member of the US armed forces (nickname DRUT....read backwards ) but I cannot locate any information as to where the electronic warfare equipment was located.



Can anyone enlighten me as even photos show no external pods/sensors etc.

Thank you.

[pyro-manic]

According to this page:

Although most of the EW receiver suite was carried over from the AD-5Ns, the F3D-2Qs were outfitted with internally mounted ALT-2 jammers and MX-900 chaff dispensers.

So I think it was all internal. Perhaps displacing some of the night-fighter specific equipment (fire control and radar?). The diagram you posted has a "forward equipment bay" (number 52) behind the cockpit and ammo tanks, and a "rear fuselage electronic equipment bay" (number 84) behind the fuel tanks and between the airbrakes, so I suspect it went in there.

The link I posted references an "Airframe Change 173" as the specification for the "Q" variant, so if you can find that documentation that would give you the details I think.

[Librarian]

That makes a lot of sense. Many thanks...I think your eyesight is far better than mine . Have a feeling I may have found an alternate use for an F-94 .

[Jschmus]

From the Air Vectors article:
http://airvectors.net/avskykt.html#m3

The US Marines converted a number of Skyknights to an electronic countermeasures (ECM) and electronic intelligence (ELINT) configuration, with this variant redesignated "F3D-2Q". The radar was removed from the nose and replaced with the appropriate "black boxes", and it appears that chaff dispensers were carried as well. Some sources claim the cannon armament was removed, but it seems from aircrew reports this was not always done, if it was ever done at all.