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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6B ICAP I Prowler
    Last Military Serial:160705 USMC
    Construction Number:P-68
    Latest Owner or Location:VMAQ-2

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EA-6B ICAP I.
    EA-6B-70-GR ICAP I Prowler

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160705.

    By August 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 160705.

    From By August 1978 to April 1983

    Transferred to VMAQ-2.
    Operated with markings: CY-622

    16 August 1978


    Photographer: Bruce Trombecky
    Notes: Photo taken at NAS Point Mugu, California

    By April 1983

    Markings Applied: CY-00

    28 April 1983

    Destroyed in a crash.
    EA-6B Prowler BuNo. 160705/CY-00 of VMAQ-2. Lost April 28, 1983: Stabilizer stall after landing during night FCLP at MCALF Bogue Field in North Carolina. Pilot did not eject. His seat was torn from the aircraft on impact and he was rescued from Bogue Sound with injuries. The other three crew - Captain G. B. Habbested, Captain J. F. Scheiner, and Captain J. J. Cuff - all ejected safely.
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