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US Navy - Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 114 (CARAEWRON 114)
VAW-114 'Hormel Hawgs'
 
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STATUS:   VAW-114 established on April 20, 1967
 VAW-114 disestablished on March 31, 1995
 AIRCRAFT:   Grumman E-2A Hawkeye (1967-71)
Grumman E-2B Hawkeye (1971-78)
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (1978-95)
 DEPLOYMENTS:   April 1967 - June 1967 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
November 1967 - June 1968 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
December 1968 - September 1969 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
November 1970 - July 1971 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
February 1972 - November 1972 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
November 1973 - July 1974 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63)
May 1975 - December 1975 with CVW-11 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
February 1977 - October 1977 with CVW-15 aboard USS Coral Sea (CV 43)
May 1979 - February 1980 with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
April 1981 - November 1981 with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
March 1983 - October 1983 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
May 1984 - July 1984 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
October 1984 - May 1985 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
May 1986 - July 1986 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
August 1986 - February 1987 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
June 1988 - December 1988 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
September 1989 - November 1989 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
February 1990 - July 1990 with CVW-15 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
April 1991 - December 1991 with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
November 1992 - May 1993 with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
June 1994 - December 1994 with CVW-15 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
 
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E-2C Hawkeyes (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - 1994

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - 1990

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - 1990

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114) at NAS Miramar, California - 1987

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114) at NAS Miramar, California - 1987

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114) at NAS Miramar, California - 1987

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - 1987

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - June 1986

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E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - June 1986

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Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - circa 1980

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Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - 1980


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Grumman E-2B Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-15) embarked on USS Coral Sea (CV 43) - 1977

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E-2B Hawkeyes (VAW-114 / CVW-11) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - circa 1974

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E-2B Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-11) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - circa 1974


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E-2A Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-11) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) - 1968

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E-2A Hawkeye (VAW-114 / CVW-11) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) over Vietnam - 1968 (NNAM)
 
 
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 114 (VAW-114), nicknamed the "Hormel Hawgs". It was established on 20 April 1967, based out of NAS North Island, at which time it was already flying missions over the Tonkin Gulf in Vietnam. The squadron was disestablished on 31 March 1995 while attached to NAS Miramar.


VAW-114 was formed from Detachment C of VAW-11.
It was operating E-2A Hawkeye early warning aircraft as part of Carrier Air Wing Eleven on board USS Kitty Hawk, protecting U.S. naval and air forces that were striking targets in Vietnam. During the war, the squadron made three more war zone deployments before joining Carrier Air Wing Fifteen aboard USS Coral Sea. By 1976, it had moved to NAS Miramar. In 1978, it rejoined the USS Kitty Hawk in the Arabian Sea in response to the Iran hostage crisis. In 1982, it joined the USS Carl Vinson, making six deployments by 1990. It then made five deployments to the Northern and Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. In 1988, it supported Operation Earnest Will, escorting oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq War.

In 1990 and 1991, VAW-114 upgraded to the E-2C+ version of the Hawkeye and made two drug-interdiction deployments to Howard Air Force Base in Panama.

In 1992, VAW-114 was assigned to CVW-15 and accompanied the USS Kitty Hawk for its around the horn deployment from NS Norfolk to NAS North Island. VAW-114 participated in RIMPAC in 1992.

In November 1992, VAW-114 deployed with CVW-15/CV-63 for WESTPAC/Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. During this deployment, VAW-114 participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and Operation Southern Watch over Iraq. VAW-114 returned to NAS Miramar in May 1993.

In June 1993, VAW-114 deployed to Howard Air Force Panama for drug interdiction duty. In June 1994, VAW-114 left NAS Miramar for its final deployment. This deployment consisted of patrolling the waters around Korea aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. VAW-114 returned to NAS Miramar in December 1994.

The Navy's post-Cold War reductions marked the end of the "Hormel Hawgs", which was officially disestablished on 31 March 1995, after almost 28 years of service.

source: wikipedia


Nicknames:
Electric Chicken (1967-69)
Hormel Hawgs (1969-95)

The squadron call sign was “Hormel” while the original Electric Chicken patch was used and prior to the Hawg patch.
After the Electric Chicken patch was retired in 1969 and replaced by the Hawg patch the term “Hormel Hawgs” caught on.
The Electric Chicken patch was used for a little less than two years before being replaced with the Hawg patch.

(thank's for additional info & stuff to James (CHAR) Charnesky, Dick Murphy & Van Stayton)
 
patches + more

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