John Pszcola, a transient alert services employee, fuels the last ever EA-6B Prowler jet to make a fuel stop before being retired from the Marine Corps inventory on Nov. 28-29, 2018, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Tinker AFB played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as a total of three EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jets of Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two stopped in for gas as they flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on Nov. 28-29, 2018. The EA-6Bs of VMAQ-2 'Jesters' were based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and were the last of the venerable jets to be flown to long-term desert storage from the final USMC operating squadron. While three additional EA-6B airframes remain at Cherry Point, these will end up in museums or as 'gate-guards' at Marine Corps bases on the East Coast. The EA-6B has served the USN and USMC since the 1960s. It has been replaced in USN service by the Boeing EA-18G 'Growler,' but the USMC mission will end on Friday March 8, 2019, at the 'Sundown Ceremony' for the EA-6B and VMAQ-2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Date Taken: | 11.29.2018 |
Date Posted: | 12.18.2018 15:09 |
Photo ID: | 4984633 |
VIRIN: | 181129-F-VV898-1030 |
Resolution: | 4683x3122 |
Size: | 8.71 MB |
Location: | OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, US |
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