Country United States Part of Inactive | Branch United States Navy Nickname(s) Fighting Phoenix | |
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Active 9 October 1997 - September 2004 Role Electronic warfare aircraft | ||
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 retired from service. The squadron included both Navy and Air Force personnel.
Operational history
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 deactivated in September of that year.
References
VAQ-128 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA