VAQ-138
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Electronic Attack Squadron 138, also known as the "Yellow Jackets", is an expeditionary EA-18G Growler squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
Grumman EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-138 in flight, circa 1980
VAQ-138 EA-18G in 2024
Operation Southern Watch
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Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.
VAQ-138
…Nimitz, participating in Central American operations in 1985, the Libya airstrikes in 1986, Operations Desert Storm and Provide Comfort in 1991, and Operation Southern Watch in 1993, 1996, and a 1997–1998 around-the-world deployment. In November 1996 the squadron filled a two-month gap in EA-6B coverage at Marine Corps Air…
Two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the Texas Air National Guard and New Jersey Air National Guard prepare to depart Prince Sultan Air Base on a patrol as part of Operation Southern Watch in 2000.
Two US Navy aircraft – an F-14B Tomcat of VF-102 (foreground) and an EA-6B Prowler of VAQ-137 – over Iraq during January 1998