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Description A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman EA-6B Prowler from Marine tactical electronic warfare squadron VMAQ-2 Playboys just after landing on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on 1 August 1981. VMAQ-2 Det.Y was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) for a deployment aboard the Nimitz to the Mediterranean Sea from 3 August 1981 to 12 February 1982. Note that the VMAQ-2 detachment kept its tail code "CY" and did not adopt the CVW-8 tail code "AJ".
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Source U.S. DefenseImagery [1] photo VIRIN: DN-SC-85-01956 [2]
Author PH3 Robinson, USN

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