Growler BuNo

[shuck]

Please can anyone provide the BuNo for the final seven EA-18G Growlers ... G154 to G160.

Thanks

[Alf]

Please can anyone provide the BuNo for the final seven EA-18G Growlers ... G154 to G160.

Thanks

Scramble online DB has..

169400 EA-18G G154 nmks Active Jul 2018 Jan 2019
169401 EA-18G G155 Active
169402 EA-18G G156 Active
169403 EA-18G G157 nmks Active Mar 2019 Mar 2019
169404 EA-18G G158 nmks Active Apr 2019 Apr 2019
169405 EA-18G G159 nmks Active May 2019 May 2019
169406 EA-18G G160 Boeing Active Jul 2019 Apr 2021

[shuck]

Please can anyone provide the BuNo for the final seven EA-18G Growlers ... G154 to G160.

Thanks

Scramble online DB has..

169400 EA-18G G154 nmks Active Jul 2018 Jan 2019
169401 EA-18G G155 Active
169402 EA-18G G156 Active
169403 EA-18G G157 nmks Active Mar 2019 Mar 2019
169404 EA-18G G158 nmks Active Apr 2019 Apr 2019
169405 EA-18G G159 nmks Active May 2019 May 2019
169406 EA-18G G160 Boeing Active Jul 2019 Apr 2021

A great help ... thank you

[shuck]

Have any of the final seven Growlers been noted at NASWI.

[raameagle]

No. I suspect that they are stored in the barns at WI with the possibility that one or two of them are still operating from China Lake.
Regards
Mark

Have any of the final seven Growlers been noted at NASWI.

[shuck]

Cheers

No. I suspect that they are stored in the barns at WI with the possibility that one or two of them are still operating from China Lake.
Regards
Mark

Have any of the final seven Growlers been noted at NASWI.

[raameagle]

Update: 169406 is flying with Boeing out of St Louis (KSTL ) and the other 6 are believed to be stored at Whidbey.
Maybe they will show themselves when VAQ-144 is activated in October
Regards
Mark

Cheers

No. I suspect that they are stored in the barns at WI with the possibility that one or two of them are still operating from China Lake.
Regards
Mark

Have any of the final seven Growlers been noted at NASWI.

[Alf]

Is that the final batch for the USN (assuming no future orders)? Thanks.

[raameagle]

As of now yes. I can’t see why the US Navy would order more given they don’t use all of the the ones that they currently have but the Senator for Missouri seems to have a lot of clout and even when the USN don’t bid for more Super Hornets in the yearly budget, Congress give them more anyway.
Regards
Mark

Is that the final batch for the USN (assuming no future orders)? Thanks.

[shuck]

What happened to VAQ-143 being established?

Update: 169406 is flying with Boeing out of St Louis (KSTL ) and the other 6 are believed to be stored at Whidbey.
Maybe they will show themselves when VAQ-144 is activated in October
Regards
Mark

Cheers

No. I suspect that they are stored in the barns at WI with the possibility that one or two of them are still operating from China Lake.
Regards
Mark

[raameagle]

Lol, maybe it’s -143? I was told -144 this morning but maybe that was a typo?
Regards
Mark

What happened to VAQ-143 being established?

Update: 169406 is flying with Boeing out of St Louis (KSTL ) and the other 6 are believed to be stored at Whidbey.
Maybe they will show themselves when VAQ-144 is activated in October
Regards
Mark

Cheers

[shuck]

VAQ-136 aboard CVN-70 is using seven Growlers rather than the usual five aircraft ... CVW-2 future Air Wing.

As of now yes. I can’t see why the US Navy would order more given they don’t use all of the the ones that they currently have but the Senator for Missouri seems to have a lot of clout and even when the USN don’t bid for more Super Hornets in the yearly budget, Congress give them more anyway.
Regards
Mark

Is that the final batch for the USN (assuming no future orders)? Thanks.

[shuck]

VAQ-144 Main Battery led by XO CDR Jason Windom was established at NASWI on 1st October 2021.

Lol, maybe it’s -143? I was told -144 this morning but maybe that was a typo?
Regards
Mark

What happened to VAQ-143 being established?

Update: 169406 is flying with Boeing out of St Louis (KSTL ) and the other 6 are believed to be stored at Whidbey.
Maybe they will show themselves when VAQ-144 is activated in October
Regards
Mark

[raameagle]

VAQ-144 Main Battery led by XO CDR Jason Windom was established at NASWI on 1st October 2021.

Lol, maybe it’s -143? I was told -144 this morning but maybe that was a typo?
Regards
Mark

What happened to VAQ-143 being established?

[shuck]

Please can anyone provide the BuNo for Growler NJ-547 from VAQ-129.

Thanks

[CVW19752015]

All this will be in my forthcoming volume 2 of my www.carrierairwings.com e-book series, but basically VAQ-143 'Cobras' has been missed out due to confusion as to its status...it was originally to have been an EA-6B unit, with CNO (OPNAV) paperwork being raised to establish it by August 2002, then funding and major airframe problems (with a number of EA-6Bs being RED STRIPEd) and various force changes due to OEF and OIF commencing meant it never happened. It was finally removed from the Navy's distribution list in 2009.

When it came to forming a new Growler squadron, it was decided that VAQ-143 was too difficult to fathom out so VAQ-144 was selected. As Mark said, it will establish on 1 October 2022...that date in 2021 saw the pre-commissioning element form under VAQ-129, not the actual/full squadron

Mike

[raameagle]

Thanks for the confirmation Mike. I'll look forward to seeing VAQ-144 in action.

Are Growlers up to the present day included in Vol 2?

Hope all is well? Regards

Mark