'Dark 11' is on short final for Rwy 26. Unit is VMAQ-3, Moon Dogs, based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Its always nice to see an active Prowler.

Assigned to CVW-7 on USS Dwight D Eisenhower. Thursday IAT arrival under a leaden sky.

ca. 1980: TOS USMC, assigned to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. From ca.8/90 to ca.3/91: Deployed for combat in Operation Desert Storm. By 2000: VMAQ-4 at Cherry Point. By 5/06: Electronic Attack Squadron 142 (VAQ-142) at NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 22 March 2011: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 7 June 2012: SOC.

VAQ-133 "Wizards" Prowler over CV-59 USS Forrestal flightdeck.

ca. 1980: TOS USN. By 1988: Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By 8/90: VAQ-132 at Whidbey and later that year deployed about USS Saratoga for combat in Operation Desert Storm. By 9/02: VAQ-129 at Whidbey. By 2009: VAQ-138 at Whidbey. By August 2010: VAQ-137 at Whidbey. By 2016: MCAS Cherry Point with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2). Still active with the USMC as late as April 2017, but may be replaced by EA-18G by now.

Ca.1979: TOS USN. By 5/94: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 2002: Electronic Attack Squadron 142 (VAQ-142), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By 2008: VMAQ-2. VMAQ-2 was deactivated on 8 March 2019, and six days later this plane flew to Washington, DC to be displayed at the National Air and Space Museum.

Ca. 1979: TOS USN, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 140 (VAQ-14), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By August 1990: VAQ-130 at Whidbey; later deployed on USS John F. Kennedy for combat in Operation Desert Storm. By 1994: VAQ-132 at Whidbey. By 2003: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 (VMAQ-4), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By September 2005: Back at Whidbey with VAQ-135. 3 March 2006: 3/3/06: Suffered an engine failure during a low-level training flight over northeastern Oregon. All four crew members safely ejected.

ca. 1977: TOS USN, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 135 (VAQ-135), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By 8/80: VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey. By April 1983: VAQ-131, Whidbey. By 8/86: VAQ-134, also at Whidbey. By 7/93: VAQ-309 at Whidbey. By 8/04: VAQ-138 at Whidbey. By 6/08: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 (VMAQ-1), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. On 8 April 2011: SOC.

Ca.1976: TOS USN. Assigned to Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD. By 6/78: Electronic Attack Squadron 135 (VAQ-135), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By 3/84: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMQ-2), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 5/90: VAQ-142, NAS Whidbey Island. By 2007: VAQ-135. The plane had at least two deployments to the Mid-East for combat, the last one being in June 2007 with USS Nimitz. By 2010: VMAQ-1, MCAS Cherry Point. By 11/10: VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey Island. 2 Nov 2012: SOC.

31 Dec 1969: TOS USN. May/70: Weapons Systems, NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. November/70: Grumman Bethpage for modifications. January/71: VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1974: Strike Aircraft Naval Test Center, NAS Patuxent River. September/79: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. August/80: NARF, NAS Alameda, CA. Ca. October/80: VAQ-129. August/85: Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River. From July/86 to October/96: Rotated among squadrons at Whidbey. November/96: VX-23, NAS Patuxent River. June/98: VX-9, NAS China Lake, CA. By April/02: VX-23. 3 June 2010: Ferried to the National Naval Aviation Museum as the oldest active EA-6B.

On static display at EAA AirVenture 2012.

SEAHAWKS EA-6B on short final to 21R

Another Prowler that has found it's way into an Aviation Museum. Now at Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas-Love Field

DEATH JESTERS attractive EA-6B with a late afternoon go

On static display at airshow. This a/c is currently on display at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.

Static display at airshow. This aircraft was lost on 11 March 2013 in the state of Washington with three crew fatalities.

This aircraft was lost during a landing attempt on USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on 26 May 1981. The resulting flight deck crash caused the loss of three aircrew as well as eleven flight deck personnel.

This Prowler now resides at the Hickory Aviation Museum