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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Original EA-6B Prowler takes last flight
June 30 this year marked the end of an era in aviation as the U.S. Navy’s oldest EA-6B Prowler engines were silenced forever after its final flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to its new home at NAS Pensacola, Fla.
The “Salty Dog” test pilots and aircrew of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two-Three (VX-23) at NAVAIR had utilized aircraft side-number SD 534 (BuNo 156481) for more than a decade as a platform for developmental testing of the latest EA-6B components, systems and capabilities.
Now, it will inspire future generations of Navy and Marine Corps aviators in its final duty assignment as a static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola.
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