VAQ-136 is an EA-18G Growler electronic attack squadron attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2.

Electronic Attack Squadron 136 (VAQ-136) "Gauntlets" is a United States Navy Electronic attack squadron flying the EA-18G Growler and is currently attached to Carrier Air Wing Two, deploy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson a composite unit made up of a wide array of aircraft performing a variety of combat and support missions including ...

On March 2, 1999, VAQ-136 and the Kitty Hawk Battle group departed Yokosuka, Japan for three months of routine operations and exercises in the Western Pacific. The squadron participated in the multi-national and multi-service exercise Tandem Thrust off Guam before USS Kitty Hawk was ordered to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern ...

2023年12月22日 · An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the ‘Gauntlets’ of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Dec. 4, 2023.

To provide combat ready, airborne attack forces in support of Carrier Air Wing TWO. Located in scenic Oak Harbor, Washington on board Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The Gauntlets of VAQ-136...

2023年12月22日 · The Navy fired the commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron 136 on Wednesday, the service announced Thursday. According to the Navy, Cmdr. William Coulter was relieved due to “a loss of...

To commemorate VAQ-136 and all the personnel - past, present, and future assigned to the squadron, I have decided to share the distinguished history of the Gauntlets with the rest of the world.

VAQ-136 provided tactical electronic warfare support for the Sixth Fleet, NATO and allied countries, returning from deployment in April 1979. In 1979, a week after returning from the Mediterranean, a command went out: VAQ-136 Gauntlets would be taking on a new air wing and an overseas home in Yokosuka, Japan aboard USS Midway (CV-41) with ...

VAQ-136 settled in to Carrier Air Wing TWO in late 2013 and embarked with the USS RONALD REGAN (CVN76) for the 2014 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. After a mini-workup cycle in 2015, the...

2018年8月7日 · U.S. Naval Historical Center.