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The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps squadron designation comprises a combination of letters and numerals, each having a precise meaning. From left to right, the designation includes the following three components: [1] First letter signifies the type of equipment used by the squadron, where
VQ-B [28] 1952 1968 8P British colonial allocation Basutoland: VQ-ZA, VQ-ZD [28] 1929 1967 7P British colonial allocation Bechuanaland: VQ-ZE, VQ-ZH [28] 1929 1968 A2 British protectorate allocation Bermuda: VR-B [28] 1931 VP-B British colonial allocation Bosnia and Herzegovina: T9 [28] E7 Brunei: VR-U [28] 1929 V8 British colonial allocation ...
On 1 July 1968, the TACAMO detachment became Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VQ-3). [3] The EC-130G was replaced by the EC-130Q in 1969 and 1970. VQ-3 returned to Barbers Point in 1980. The squadron transitioned from the EC-130Q to the Boeing E-6A Mercury in 1989-90, and relocated to Tinker Air Force Base in 1992. [citation needed]
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 June 1955. Its role is aerial reconnaissance and signals intelligence . The squadron is nicknamed the "World Watchers" and is based at NAS Whidbey Island , flying Lockheed EP-3E Aries II aircraft.
The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas") was the United States Navy 's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944.
On 7 December 1941, eighteen SBD Dauntless scout bombers of squadrons VS-6 and VB-6 arrived over Pearl Harbor during the attack and, although surprised, immediately went into action in defense of the naval base. Scouting Six lost six planes during the attack, and Bombing Six lost one, killing eight airmen and wounding two others.
A U.S. Navy TACAMO EC-130Q of VQ-4, in 1984. The acronym was coined in 1961 [citation needed] and the first aircraft modified for TACAMO testing was a Lockheed KC-130 Hercules which in 1962 was fitted with a VLF transmitter and trailing wire antenna to test communications with the fleet ballistic missile submarines (see communication with submarines).
VQ may refer to: Nissan VQ engine, an automobile engine; Holden VQ Statesman/Caprice, an automobile; Vector quantization, in signal processing; Ventilation Quotient ...