An E/A-18G Growler, attached to the ‘Zappers’ of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69 ...
The aircraft, part of Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) "Zappers," was returning from a recent deployment with Carrier Air Wing 3. What You Need to Know: A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler crashed ...
The U.S. Navy confirmed that an EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare aircraft from the 'Zappers' of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, crashed during a routine training flight at 3:23 p.m. On ...
also known as VAQ-130, based at Whidbey Island. The squadron, the Navy's oldest electronic warfare squadron, was nicknamed the “Zappers” when it was first commissioned in 1959. In July ...