Ca. 1979: TOS USN, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 140 (VAQ-14), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. By August 1990: VAQ-130 at Whidbey; later deployed on USS John F. Kennedy for combat in Operation Desert Storm. By 1994: VAQ-132 at Whidbey. By 2003: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 (VMAQ-4), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By September 2005: Back at Whidbey with VAQ-135. 3 March 2006: 3/3/06: Suffered an engine failure during a low-level training flight over northeastern Oregon. All four crew members safely ejected.