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US Navy - Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 111 (CARAEWRON 111)
VAW-111 'Grey Berets'
 
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STATUS:   VAW-1 established on July 6, 1948
VAW-1 redesignated VC-11 in September 1948
VC-11 redesignated VAW-11 on July 11, 1956
VAW-11 redesignated VAW-111 on April 20, 1967
VAW-111 disestablished in 1976
 
VAW-111 re-established on October 1, 1986
VAW-111 disestablished on April 30, 1988
 
Nicknames: Hunters (1967-74) / Grey Berets (1974-76 / 1986-88)
 AIRCRAFT:   Grumman E-1B Tracer
Grumman E-2B Hawkeye
 
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
 DEPLOYMENTS:   various detachment deployments, assigned to CVG, CVW, CVSG’s aboard aircraft carriers
 
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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) - 1973

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) - 1972

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-59) embarked on USS Hornet (CVS 12) - 1970

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVW-21) - undated

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111) - undated

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-53) embarked on USS Kearsarge (CVS 33) - 1969

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-53) - undated

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-59) embarked on USS Bennington (CVS 20) - 1968

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVW-5) embarked on USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) - 1968

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-57) embarked on USS Hornet (CVS 12) - 1967

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111 / CVSG-57) embarked on USS Hornet (CVS 12) - 1967

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111) - circa 1967

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111) - circa 1967

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Grumman E-1B Tracer (VAW-111) - circa 1967
 
 
... sorry, no Squadron history ...
 
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