Wednesday, November 13, 2024

November 13

Two VAQ-131 Growlers landed at Paine Field.
PILUM11 166938.
PILUM12 168773.
The VAQ-131 tac frequency is 249.525.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

November 5

PILUM21 VAQ-131 EA-18G 166942 landing at Paine Field. The VAQ-131 tac frequency is 249.525.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Thursday, October 17, 2024

October 17

This afternoon VQ-1 EP-3E DEEPC18 was over the crash site of the Growler that went down on October 15. ADS-B shows this aircraft as 157318, when they called base on 274.550 before returning to NAS Whidbey they identified as 159887.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

October 15

A VAQ-130 EA-18G crashed east of Mount Rainier on the afternoon of October 15. In the evening a VP-46 P-8A, GREYKNIGHT34, did an IR search of the area near 121.14.2W, 46.54.7N. Comms with ground unit RESCUE 61 on 234.750. GREYKNIGHT34 located debris material west of Bumping Lake and reported that no ELT was heard.

Monday, October 14, 2024