Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord, are now assisting in the efforts ...
An E/A-18G Growler aircraft, attached to the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, takes off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Red ...
EVERETT — The U.S. Navy, along with local law enforcement and other agencies, reached the site Friday where a Navy EA-18G Growler crashed ... The squadron, known as VAQ-130 or the “Zappers ...
The two-man crew of a Navy EA-18G Growler was still unaccounted for Wednesday ... Whidbey Island as part of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130. Whidbey Island is home to nearly all of the ...
VAQ-130 was also the first Growler squadron in Navy history to score an air-to-air kill." During this year's deployment, an EA-18G successfully downed a Houthi drone while deployed to the Red Sea.
Electronic Attack Squadron 129, or VAQ 129, is the U.S. Navy's Growler training squadron, also known as the "Vikings." Update 10/16/2024 at 4:27 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional ...
“Aerial search crews located the wreckage at about 12:30 p.m.” the Navy said in a statement from spokesman Mike Welding. Welding went on to report the crash site was, “on a mountainside east ...
The Growler jet that crashed is from “The Zappers," otherwise known as Electronic Attack Squadron 130 or VAQ-130. According to the Navy's website, the similarities between Growler and Super ...