Our Aircraft’s History

Northrop Grumman EA-6B “Prowler” (Bureau #163047; MSN #P132) ~ This recent addition to MAPS Air Museum (January 2019) was manufactured by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation Peconic River Facility in Riverhead, New York on May 18, 1988. Original design was the EA-6B-115-GR ICAP II Block 82 Prowler. Assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ)-141, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington.

Serving at many locations, land and sea, this Prowler served in more than 20 Electronic Attack Groups, including, but not limited to, these notable base/carrier deployment starting dates:

U.S.S. Forrestal – November 1989
U.S.S. Independance – October 1991, April 1992 and November 1993
U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower – June 1998
Aviano Air Base, Italy – April 1999
Marine Corp Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan – February 2006
U.S.S. George Washington – July 1999 & February 2006, July 2007 & April 2008
U.S.S. Ronald Reagan – October 2009 & February 2011
Al Udied Air Base, Qatar – August 2014 & March 2018
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey – October 2017
Last assigned base: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2), MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina – June 2017

Our Prowler served in the last flying squadron, VMAQ-2, to utilize the EA-6B. Flying into MAPS Air Museum on January 17th, 2019 to be on display.