Skull shaped, gold colored coin, 1-1/4inches wide x 1-3/4 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • COMVAQ Wing PAC
  • Electronic Attack Squadron 133
Location
Coin Location: 304C7
Homebase: NAS Whinbey Island, Washington
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 3 June 2010
Donated by: ATCS(AW) Greg Fisher
Copies: 1 of 1

C001847

Location: 304C7 Height: 1.75

Coin: Unit

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Narrative

Skull shaped, gold colored coin, 1-1/4inches wide x 1-3/4 inches high.

Electronic Attack Squadron 133.

The current squadron, Electronic Attack Squadron 133 is the second squadron to use that designation. It was established on 1 April 1996 as a land based "expeditionary" squadron flying the EA-6B Prowler. In August 2010 it was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9. It continues to be a carrier based squadron to the present. Following the 2012-2013 deployment of Carrier Air Wing 9 on board USS John C. Stennis, VAQ-133 was reassigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight based aboard USS George H.W. Bush. This reassignment was originally slated to occur in January 2014 but changing operational requirements accelerated this reassignment until immediately after the end of the 2012-2013 deployment. As of mid-2014, VAQ-133 made a transition from the EA-6B to the EA-18G aircraft.