VAQ-128
One of VAQ-128's EA-6B Prowlers launches an AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile at the Sea Range at NAS Point Mugu in 1999. (Click on the picture to enlarge it)
VAQ-128, nicknamed the Fighting Phoenix, was an Electronic Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington. It was established on 9 October 1997 as an expeditionary EA-6B Prowler squadron to provide airborne radar jamming and deception support to Navy and Air Force units when the Air Force’s EF-111A Raven was removed from service. The squadron included both Navy and Air Force personnel.[1]
Its deployments took VAQ-128 aircrews to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Sicily and Japan in support of Operations Southern Watch, Desert Fox, Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. It returned from its final deployment in January 2004, and was disestablished in September of that year.[1]
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References
- 1 2 Leland, ed., Wendy (2004-07-01). "Airscoop: VAQ-128 Deactivated" (PDF). Naval Aviation News 86 (5): 9. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
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