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    Tinker AFB Plays Role in USMC Aviation History [Image 10 of 10]

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    Tinker AFB Plays Role in USMC Aviation History

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES

    11.29.2018

    Photo by Greg L. Davis 

    72nd Air Base Wing

    United States Marine Corps EA-6B, Bureau # 163045, turns on to runway 18 to make its final take-off ever after getting fuel at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on Nov. 29, 2018. The jet is about to depart for Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona where it will be put in long-term desert storage and eventually recycled. The jet is crewed by USMC Captains' Aaron 'Bambi' Staggs, electronic counter-measures officer, David 'Nicole' Richey, ECMO, and Evan 'Fonix' Bottorff, pilot.

    Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 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)

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    Date Taken: 11.29.2018
    Date Posted: 12.18.2018 15:09
    Photo ID: 4984920
    VIRIN: 181129-F-VV898-1051
    Resolution: 5218x3479
    Size: 9.42 MB
    Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, US

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