From the heavily defended airspace over North Vietnam to the less conventional battlefields of Syria and Afghanistan, VMAQ-2 has always answered the call when electronic warfare was required, and every time with the same response - 'Can do easy'. THE LOUD AND distinctive roar of dual Pratt & Whitney J52 engines at MCAS Cherry Point was consigned to history on March 8 as the longest-serving tactical jet in the US Marine Corps inventory, the Grumman EA-6B Prowler, was finally retired. Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Two (VMAQ-2), known as the 'Death Jesters', was the last of four Marine Corps Prowler squadrons, and had recently completed its final combat deployment in Qatar, with the last six EA-6Bs in the US Inventory. Returning home, the squadron started the 'sundown' of this popular type, which has served the corps for the last four decades.
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