Photographer: Garth Birdsey
Front End Crew: Parce, Wenceslao, Emmett (Posted FEB 98, compliments of Swish)
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One of two rare shots of the EA-3B in the "As-Delivered" state from Douglas. This shot is a CLE wing A-3 at VQ-2 Rota, Spain. (Posted JUL 98, compliments of "Swish, "Franks," and John Herndon.) |
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Second of two rare shots of the EA-3B in the "As-Delivered" state from Douglas. This shot is an EA-3B from VQ-2 taking off from the Starboard Cat, note the ECM Jammer Pod AN/ALQ-31 and also A-4's in the background. (Posted JUL 98, compliments of "Swish, "Franks," and John Herndon.) |
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VQ-2 EA-3B, 146454, on approach to the USS JFK in the Med in late 70's. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer Michael Sparks) |
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Gray Whale spotted in the Med! Along with these two A-3s there were seven other Whales airborne for a nine ship flyby at VQ-2, Rota Spain, in 1990. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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35 years after the first VQ-2 A-3 flew in Europe, eight EA-3Bs and one TNRA-3B lined up on the flightline of VQ-2 in Rota, Spain. Some of these A-3s were assigned duty providing vital electronic recon in the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War.(Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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Attached is a jpg of the wall mural in the VQ-2 Barracks 28 rec room in 1966 befor VQ moved to a new one with ROOMS. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of Dan Savicki) |
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A familiar site in Rota, Spain. This A-3 resides in front of the BOQ. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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A side shot of that same BOQ bird. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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Picture 1 of 2: "Swish" writes: "These shots are a real tribute to Contractors and of course the design of the A-3 that allowed it to be modified again and again. This particular A-3 started out as a TA-3B, was later modified to a VA-3B configuration for the CNO and in these shots are shown as an EA-3B... (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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Picture 2 of 2: ...The EA mod was done at ESI in Waco about 1987, I worked at ESI in 1983 when it was located in Dallas at Love Field. Anyhow this A-3 144854 has a very low number of traps being the CNO bird and was in excellent condition when the A-3's were decommissioned from the Navy. It is reported that this bird is also owned by a civilian company and still flying. (Posted JUN 98, compliments of "Swish" and photographer AMHC John "Wild Man" Herndon) |
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A photo of "Willy" PR-27, for all you "old-timers." (Posted JUN 98, compliments of Stacey "Buzz" Wilson) |
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EA-3B from VQ-2 on USS America, patrolling "Gonzo Station," circa 1981. Photographer: Garth Birdsey Front End Crew: Parce, Wenceslao, Emmett (Posted FEB 98, compliments of Swish) |
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"Loxman" sends: "The EA-3 in the hangar is triple sticks (111) around the 1983 time frame on NAS Agana, Guam." (Posted NOV 97, compliments of Ray "Loxman" Duvall) |
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"Loxman" sends: "Det Alfa, USS Enterprise 1984." (Posted NOV 97, compliments of Ray "Loxman" Duvall) |
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"Swish" tells: "This one is a four ship over VQ-2. Lead ship is us we were returning from a CVC in the Med, two were in the bounce pattern and one was returning from a national mission. Not often when we had four airborne at the same time." (Posted OCT 97, compliments of Mark Swisher) |
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"Swish" tells: "This shot here is us over the pacific. VQ-2 was tasked to support East Coast carriers in the I.O. We took off from Rota, Azores, Americas, Hawaii, Wake, Guam, PI, Diego, Ike, Djoubouti, Athens, Rota. Around the world in 1980 cruise. The shot was taken by a crewman in the DC-80 which carried all of our maintenance guys, tools, parts and etc. CDR. Brennan(Good Nav) wrote an article about this trip in one of the Naval magazines. Something about going 17,000 miles to catch up with our ship. What's neat is that when the Arabs wouldn't let us cross their country we said heck with it and went the other way. This trip had a lot of Capt. Jack influence with a Naval Can-Do attitude the whole way(esp. in the PI)." (Posted OCT 97, compliments of Mark Swisher and photographer AMSC John Herndon) |
| A Whale (aka EA-3 Skywarrior) and Willy-Victor (aka EC-121 Super Constellation) in formation. (Posted OCT 97, compliments of Dan Savicki) |
| Another EP-3 photo, with overcast cloud cover. (Posted AUG 97) |
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EA-3 Whales over Gibraltar. (Compliments of Mark Swisher) |
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The "first" EP-3E Aries II Aircraft (BUNO 156507), nicknamed "SALLY", departing the Lockheed Plant in Greenville, S.C. (with all of her antennas) 10 June 1990, enroute to NATC PAX River MD for Testing. Aircraft Commander was LT Mike Lopez-Alegria, the Mission Commander was CDR Dave Wallace, and the AES was ATCS Billy Beard. |
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This shot is one of three A-3s over the Saratoga. Before the end of flight ops that day, each crew had 10 traps four day and six night. This particular VQ-2 EA-3 was lost at sea off the Nimitz in 1987. |
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Any pilot or NFO has fond memories of flights in the T-34 Mentor aircraft.... |
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Another EA-3 aircraft---this time, launching from a US aircraft carrier. (Compliments of Mark Swisher) |
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EP-3E arcraft with a couple EA-3's flying on wing |
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EP-3E aircraft in mid-turn |
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EA-3 aircraft on touchdown to USS America.... |
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SU-27 aircraft off the wing of a VQ aircraft |
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EA-3B Tail w/ chute open. |
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SSIP aircraft in flight over the East Coast. |
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VQ-1 EP-3E near Mt. Fuji, Japan. |
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Another EP-3 in flight. |
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Yet another EP-3 in flight. |
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And yet another EP-3 in flight. |