Page 279 · Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2)
Page 279 of the USS Constellation (CV-64) 1994–95 WESTPAC cruise book — from the section “Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2).”
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VAQ-131 ington, are Carrier Air Wing TWO’s electronic air defenses as well as defend the battle group nce and bomber aircraft. The VAQ-131 Lancers, homebased at NAS Whidbey Island, Wi countermeasures squadron. The Lancers’ mission is to suppress enem: through long-range surveillance and countertargeting of enemy recon; i The Lancers maintain four EA-6B Prowlers. Operating the Prowler is four man crew consisting of a pilot. navigator, and two electronic countermeasure officers. Their jets are equipped to carry any combination of radar jammers, AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles. and fuel tanks. During this deployment, the Lancers provided complete jamming and HARM coverage for Air Wing and coalition missions over Southern Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch. During this time. the Lancers reinforced their hard-charging, hard-hitting reputation as the leaders in Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) first established in 1972 when they deployed to Southeast Asia aboard USS ENTERPRISE. — ome ee ot The Lancers currently have the SEAD lead in Carrier Air Wing TWO, forging multiple defense supression assets (radar fede jammers, communication jammers. decoys, anti-radiation missiles, and cruise missiles) into an integrated battlegroup plan to create a sanctuary for strike aircraft. Commander Commander J. Stephen Hoefel Carlos A. Sotomayor co xO 303