Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 June 1955. Its role is aerial reconnaissance and signals intelligence. The squadron is nicknamed the "World Watchers" and is based at NAS Whidbey Island, flying Lockheed EP-3E Aries II aircraft.
An EC-121M Warning Star of fleet VQ-1 World Watchers accompanied by a McDonnell F-4B Phantom II
A VQ-1 EP-3B at NAS Agana, Guam, April 1972
EA-3B VQ-1 in flight near NAF Atsugi
An EP-3E Aries II of VQ-1 in flight in 2006.
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington.
An aerial view of NAS Whidbey Island
FAA diagram of the runway area
Aerial view of NAS Whidbey Island in the mid-1940s
Image: TOCRON 10 Squadron Insignia 1