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Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4 (VQ-4), nicknamed the Shadows, is a naval aviation squadron of the United States Navy based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.The squadron flies the Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post and communications relay aircraft.
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-2, also known as "Batmen" and later "Sandeman," was an air reconnaissance squadron of the United States Navy, established on 1 September 1955 and based at NAS Whidbey Island, previously at NAVSTA Rota, Spain, flying both Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior and Lockheed EP-3E Aries aircraft until 1991 and then strictly EP-3E aircraft until 2012.
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron SEVEN is the E-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron, providing initial and requalification training for pilots, aircrewmen, and maintainers. It operates E-6Bs on loan from VQ-3 and VQ-4, having returned a 737-600 it had previously operated on lease from Lauda Air.
From its creation in 1952 until 1971 the VW designation designated "Air Early Warning Squadron", "Airborne Early Warning Squadron", or "Fleet Early Warning Squadron". By 1961 the VW squadrons which were still in existence were transitioned to destructive weather early warning or weather reconnaissance as a primary mission while retaining ...
Additional units that supported the search included U.S. Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1), Patrol Squadron (VP-46), NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue and U.S. Army 4-6 Air ...
It is located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The two operational squadrons, VQ-3 and VQ-4, prepared to move from their former Atlantic and Pacific bases in 1992-1993 and the wing was formally established on 29 May 1992. [2] Captain Andy Riddile, first commander ("Commodore") of the wing, arrived in April 1992. [3]
“Additional units supporting search and rescue include: U.S. Navy Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1), Patrol Squadron (VP-46), NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue, and U.S. Army 4-6 ...
Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 4 on 1 Nov 1942, disestablished on 30 Jun 1970 as Fleet Air Wing 4. Fleet Air Wing 5: Established as Patrol Wing 5 on 1 Oct 1937. Redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 on 1 Nov 1942, redesignated Patrol Wing FIVE on 30 Jun 1973. Redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE on 26 Mar 1999, disestablished in 2009 as Patrol ...