Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
United States Marine Corps EA-6B, Bureau # 163045, turns on to runway 18 to make its final take-off ever after getting fuel at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on Nov. 29, 2018. The jet is about to depart for Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona where it will be put in long-term desert storage and eventually recycled. The jet is crewed by USMC Captains' Aaron 'Bambi' Staggs, electronic counter-measures......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as three EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jets of Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two stopped in for gas as they flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on Nov. 28-29, 2018. The EA-6Bs of VMAQ-2 'Jesters' were based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
The crew of Jester 20 pose in front of their aircraft, EA-6B Bureau # 163045, after getting fuel at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on Nov. 29, 2018, and before departing for Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. This fuel stop was the last time the type will grace the ramp as this is the final aircraft to transit before retirement. Shown are USMC Captains' Aaron 'Bambi' Staggs, electronic......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as three EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jets of Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two stopped in for gas as they flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on Nov. 28-29, 2018. The EA-6Bs of VMAQ-2 'Jesters' were based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
John Pszcola, a transient alert services employee, fuels the last ever EA-6B Prowler jet to make a fuel stop before being retired from the Marine Corps inventory on Nov. 28-29, 2018, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Tinker AFB played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as a total of three EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jets of Marine Electronic......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.29.2018
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma played an important role in United States Marine Corps aviation history recently as three EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jets of Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two stopped in for gas as they flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on Nov. 28-29, 2018. The EA-6Bs of VMAQ-2 'Jesters' were based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North......
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.28.2018
George Hudson, a transient alert contractor, is framed by two United States Marine Corps aviators as he monitors the refueling progress of an EA-6B 'Prower' electronic-warfare attack jet on Nov. 28, 2018. Hudson refueled two EA-6Bs from Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two who stopped in for gas as they flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)...
Photo by Greg L. Davis | 72nd Air Base Wing | 11.28.2018
EA-6B 'Prower', Bureau # 163032, of Marine Electronic Attack Squadron Two during a fuel stop at Tinker Air Force BAse, Oklahoma as the jet flew to retirement at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona on Nov. 28, 2018. The EA-6Bs of VMAQ-2 'Jesters' were based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and were the last of the venerable jets to be flown to long-term desert storage from the......