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VMAQ-2 Detachment X. EA-6B Prowler Tactical Electronic Warfare. Surveillance & Jamming. Pilot. ECMO ECMO ECMO Electronic Counter Measures Officer. VMAQ-2 DET X. First Marine unit to deploy with EA-6B. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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VMAQ-2 Detachment X
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EA-6B ProwlerTactical Electronic Warfare
Surveillance & Jamming
ECMO ECMO ECMO Electronic Counter Measures Officer
Pilot
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VMAQ-2 DET X
First Marine unit to deploy with EA-6B
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CV-41 USS Midway
WESTPAC Cruise 78-79new - old
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Midway
Wake Is.
Perth
Fall of ‘78
USS Constellation Deploy 26 Sept. 1978
Singapore 27 Dec.
Crisis in Iran Shah
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• 2 Jan 1979 Connie to stay in SCS (not to enter IO)• 16 Jan Shah of Iran departed for Exile• 28 Jan Connie Released from Contingency Operation in SCS • 30 Jan Dependents & Citizens evacuate Iran• 7 Mar Connie order to Indian Ocean: (N. & S. Yemen)
Collision at Sea X
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15 April - USS Constellation: Collision at Sea in the Straits of Malacca
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USS Midway CV-41"Gonzo Station" in the Indian Ocean
16 April - USS Midway Relieves Constellation as the Indian Ocean Contingency Carrier
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• Ten month Indian Ocean cruise on Midway • 4 Nov 1979 US Embassy Seized• 18 Nov Midway arrives Arabian Sea, EOB flights• 21 Nov joined by Kitty Hawk CV63• 22 Jan 1980 joined by Nimitz CVN68• 5 Feb Midway Releived by Coral Sea CV43
Diego Garcia
Mombassa, Kenya
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After departing Gonzo Station
• Midway returned to Japan• VMAQ-2 Det. X returned to Cherry Point• I left active duty for Dental School (Marquette)
• 24 April 1980 rescue mission conducted• Other missions planned – “Project Credible Sport”• 22 Jan 1981, Hostages released
• Thank you. Robert Iannello #1100• END
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Welcome Louis Renner
“Project Credible Sport”