The last US Marine Corps unit to operate the Grumman EA-6B Prowler, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMA-Q) 'Death Jesters', cased its colours in a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on March 8, 2019. Only two jets remained in service with the squadron at the time of the ceremony, BuNo 162228/CY04 and BuNo 162230/CY02, the latter painted in a high visibility colour scheme. The two aircraft were flown out of Cherry Point, one on March 12 to a museum in Texas and one on March 14 to the National Air and Space Museum at Dulles, Virginia. VMAQ-2 returned to Cherry Point in November from its final deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in the US Central Command area of responsibility.
展开▼
