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The crew of Jester 20 pose in front of their aircraft, EA-6B Bureau # 163045, after getting fuel at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on Nov. 29, 2018, and before departing for Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. This fuel stop was the last time the type will grace the ramp as this is the final aircraft to transit before retirement. Shown are USMC Captains' Aaron 'Bambi' Staggs, electronic counter-measures officer, David 'Nicole' Richey, ECMO, and Evan 'Fonix' Bottorff, pilot.
Tinker played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as 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: | 4984801 |
| VIRIN: | 181129-F-VV898-1032 |
| Resolution: | 5328x3552 |
| Size: | 11.48 MB |
| Location: | OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, US |
| Web Views: | 329 |
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