Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

Photo by Thomas Hildreth.

This A6E was photographed on board the USS Coral Sea while docked at NAS Alameda.

Photographer: Richard Sullivan. USS Coral Sea.

Unknown photographer. On back of photo - A-4E VMA-331 VL-5 Alameda NAS. No date. With VA-83 coded AJ-301 1964-65. VMA-331 coded VL-5 1965-67. VMA-331 coded VL-22 1968-70. H&MS-31 1971-72. VF-101 1972. Written off at NAS Key West, FL on 14 Apr 1972. VMA-331 was nicknamed ' Bumblebees' and decommissioned on 01 Oct 1992. Also in picture are another 2 A-4's plus 2 P-2E's. One is 131402 and the other looks like 128364.

Unknown photographer. On back of photo '138088 T-33B USMC 6C-088 Alameda'. No date. Allocated USAF serial 53-5694 for administrative purposes and delivered straight to the US Navy as a TV-2 serial 138088. Later redesignated to a T-33B. During the 1960's it was operated by the support squadron of Reserve Air Wing 91 'RAW-91 with code 7Z and carried joint Navy and Marines titles. Later to NARTU at Alameda, CA with code 6G. Retired by NARTU to MASDC at Davis-Monthan, AZ on 23 Jan 1970. Disposed of to Consolidated of Tucson, AZ in Apr 1974. I have guess of around 1968-70 for this picture.

Photographer unknown

photographer unknown

photographer unknown

An Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 "Wizards" Prowler on deck of foggy NAS Alameda. It was one of four that arrived for a fuel stop at the station. Next in line is 161242/NH-604. This 161347 was stricken on 2 June 2009, current status unknown. 161242 served last VMAQ-3 and was retired to AMARG on 15 May 2018 .

Once an EKA-3B Skywarrior, developed for the electronic warfare role, but in its final years of operations converted to KA-3B aerial refueler. This Whale belonged to Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron (VAK) 208 "Jockeys" which was established out of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 208 (VAQ) 208, on 1 October 1979 and disestablished on 30 September 1989. BuNo 147665 sadly crashed during a low-level mission into Pyramid Lake near Reno (NV) on 13 January 1988, killing three crew onboard.

Once an EKA-3B Skywarrior, developed for the electronic warfare role, but in its final years of operations converted to KA-3B aerial refueler. This Whale belonged to Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron (VAK) 208 "Jockeys" which was established out of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 208 (VAQ) 208, on 1 October 1979 and disestablished on 30 September 1989. BuNo 147665 sadly crashed during a low-level mission into Pyramid Lake near Reno (NV) on 13 January 1988, killing three crew onboard.

Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron (VAK) 308 "Griffins" ('ND-52x') was Alameda based. The squadron was established on 2 May 1970 as a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron VAQ-308 and equipped with EKA-3B Skywarriors. After that task was taken over by the Prowler, some Skywarriors were converted to KA-3B aerial refueler. The squadron was redesignated as VAK-308 on 1 October 1979 and was disestablished on 30 September 1988. This 147666 was retired and preserved to the Western Aerospace museum now renamed Oakland Aviation Museum, in Oakland (CA).

Once an electronic warfare aircraft, but after that task was taken over by the EA-6B Prowler, some of the Skywarriors (nicknamed Whale), where converted to KA-3B and soldiered on as an aerial refueler. Tactical Aerial Refueling Squadron (VAK) 208 "Jockeys" ('AF-52x') was part of the US Navy Carrier Air Wing Reserve (CVWR) 20. The squadron was established on 30 July 1970 as a Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 208 and was redesignated to VAK-208 on 1 October 1979. It was disestablished on 30 September 1989. This 147657 was retired to AMARC with inventory code 2A0118 in September 1989.

Carrier Air Wing TEN ('NM') was established in 1986 but due to budgets cuts the CVW was disestablished with most of its squadrons in 1988. It only made one cruise on board the USS Independence. 160126 was assigned to Sea Control Squadron (VS) 35 "Blue Wolves", a squadron that survived the cuts. VS-35 was last attached to CVW-14/NK when it was deactivated at NAS North Island (CA) on 31 Mar'05. Here a rare picture of a VS-35 Viking with that short-lived 'NM'-tailcode. Alameda saw all six S-3As of VS-35 for a fuel-stop on 9 Sep'87. 160126 was last used by VX-30 and retired in Feb'11, fate unknown

Carrier Air Wing TEN ('NM') was established in 1986 but due to budgets cuts the CVW was disestablished with most of its squadrons in 1988. It only made one cruise on board the USS Independence. 159388 was assigned to Sea Control Squadron (VS) 35 "Blue Wolves", a squadron that survived the cuts. VS-35 was last attached to CVW-14/NK when it was deactivated at NAS North Island (CA) on 31 Mar'05. Here a rare picture of a VS-35 Viking with that short-lived 'NM'-tailcode. Alameda saw all six S-3As of VS-35 for a fuel-stop on 9 Sep'87. 159388 was retired to AMARC on 27 Sep'05 inventory code 2S0091.