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Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130), also known as the "Zappers", is an EA-18G Growler squadron of the United States Navy based aboard Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Part of Carrier Air Wing 3 , the Zappers deploy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower .
Two crew members piloting the EA-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 remained missing Wednesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after the Tuesday afternoon crash into a ...
Oct. 20—The U.S. Navy declared on Sunday the two missing aviators who crashed last week near Mount Rainier dead. The identities of the crew members from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 ...
"It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of two beloved Zappers,” said Cmdr. Timothy Warburton, commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, referring to the nickname of ...
The aircraft is from Electronic Attack Squadron 130, also known as VAQ-130, based at Whidbey Island. The squadron, the Navy's oldest electronic warfare squadron , was nicknamed the “Zappers ...
The VAQ (V-fixed wing, A-attack, Q-electronic). designation was established in 1968 to designate "Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron". [4] On 30 March 1998 the name of the designation was changed to "Electronic Attack Squadron" [ 5 ] and all VAQ squadrons then in existence were renamed from "Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron" to ...
Pages in category "Electronic attack squadrons of the United States Navy" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The two aviators had just returned from the Middle East, where they deployed on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, operating against the Iran-backed ...