Background: The Electronic Attack Award is named in honor of A. C. “Mac” McMullin. At the time of his death, A. C. McMullin was supporting both the AN/ALQ-211 Suite of Integrated RF Countermeasures (SIRFC) and the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) testing at China Lake.

Mac was best known for his significant influence in the design, development and fielding of self-protection warning and EA systems for the US Navy. He was instrumental in the fielding of the AN/ALR-67(V3) radar warning receiver. He was also the government technical lead for the AN/ALQ-126B electronic countermeasures system deployed in several Navy and international aircraft. Later, he led the AN/ALQ-165, Airborne Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ), through its development and deployment on Navy F-14, international F-18 and F-16 aircraft.

Mac was widely respected both in U.S. and in international circles. Whenever there were airborne EW technical, programmatic, or operational problems, Mac was called upon to work the issue. In recognition of the respect of his peers, the US Navy named the Electronic Combat Simulation Laboratory at the Naval Air Weapons Center, Point Mugu, in his honor. Mac was a past member of the Board of Directors of the AOC Capitol Club and the Executive Board of the American Defense Preparedness Association (Combat Survivability). He had been an AOC member since 1975