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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6B-105-GR ICAP II Blo Prowler
    Last Military Serial:162230 USN
    Construction Number:P116
    Compressed ID:Grumman EA-6B-105-GR ICAP II Blo sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EA-6B-105-GR ICAP II Blo.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162230.

    By May 1994

    Transferred to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: CY-00

    21 May 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house

    By September 2002

    Transferred to Electronic Attack Squadron 142 (VAQ-142), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
    Operated with markings: NL-522

    By September 2008

    Transferred to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: CY-02

    From September 2008 to April 2009

    Deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

    By April 2017

    Markings Applied: CY-75

    8 March 2019

    VMAQ-2 deactivated.

    14 March 2019

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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