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Lockheed Martin ES-3 Black Ravens, VQ-6 Model

$319.00

  • Length – 13 inches
  • Wingspan – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.
  • Officially Licensed by Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin® ES-3 Black Ravens, VQ-6 Model

A carefully crafted S-3b Viking model with the VQ-6 Black Ravens- a perfect display to capture your time with this great squadron!  Each model is solid wood and hand painted to provide a piece of exceptional quality.

  • Length – 13 inches
  • Wingspan – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.
  • Officially Licensed by Lockheed Martin

Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron SIX [VQ-6] A 26 August 1999 ceremony at NAS Jacksonville, Fla., marked the deactivation (officially 30 September) of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 6 after eight years of service. Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron SIX was established on 5 August 1991 based at NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville, FL, to provide real-time signals intelligence to tactical commanders for air, surface and ground operations. Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Six [VQ-6] assumed the carrier-based reconnaissance role that was previously performed by the EA-3B. Like the S-3B, the ES-3A also served as an aerial tanker. VQ-6 was equipped with eight ES-3As and formed four detachments with two aircraft each.

VQ 6 was under the administrative control of Commander, Sea Control Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. In 1998, the squadron moved from Cecil Field to NAS Jacksonville as NAS Cecil Field prepared for closure. The VQ-6 Black Ravens flew the ES-3A “Shadow,” a modified S-3A “Viking, performing carrier-based tactical electronic reconnaissance in support of the battle group commander.

The eight ES-3A’s were deployed in four detachments of two aircraft each to support the five Atlantic Fleet Airwings. Each detachment was under the charge of a LCDR Officer in Charge (OIC) and consists of 10 officers and forty enlisted personnel. The first Atlantic Fleet ES-3A deployment was on the USS SARATOGA (CV-60) with Detachment ALFA in January 1994 with the final culminating on the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) also by Detachment ALPHA. There was a detachment on cruise every day since their maiden deployment.

The VQ-6 detachments on carriers in the Arabian Gulf flew missions in support of Operation Southern Watch, enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. The squadron’s last detachment, Det Alpha, on board Enterprise provided signals intelligence (SIGINT) and tanking support for Operation Desert Fox, the December 1998 air strikes against Iraq.

 

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