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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6B ICAP II Block 86 Prowler
    Last Military Serial:163886 USN
    Construction Number:P161
    Compressed ID:Grumman EA-6B ICAP II Block 86 sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EA-6B ICAP II Block 86.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163886.

    By December 2013

    Transferred to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134.
    Operated with markings: AJ-500

    2 December 2013


    Photographer: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Greg Wilhelmi
    Notes: An U.S. Navy Grumman EA-6B Prowler (BuNo 163886) from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 Garudas launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). George H.W. Bush. with assigned Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), was underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX was a scenario-driven exercise aimed at integrating the ships of the George H.W. Bush Strike Group through a series of live training events.

    19 May 2015

    Last flight.
    Flown to Buckley AFB for demilitarization and dismantling prior to transport to Wings over the Rockies.

    May 2015

    To National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    June 2015

    Placed on display with Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
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    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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