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US Navy - Carrier Airborne Early Warning
Squadron 110 (CARAEWRON 110) VAW-110 'Firebirds' (RVAW-110 / Replacement Airborne Early Warning Squadron / 1967-83) |
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 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1992  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1992  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) operating out of NAS Miramar, Califoria - May 1990  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VAW-110) at NAS Miramar, Califoria - October 1989  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VAW-110) at NAS Miramar, Califoria - October 1989  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) at NAS Miramar, Califoria - October 1989  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) aboard USS Ranger (CV 61) - August 1989  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) with an F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft over California - June 1989  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VAW-110) at NAS Miramar, California - July 1988  Grumman E-2C Hawkeye (VAW-110) with an F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft over California - May 1984  Grumman E-2B Hawkeye (RVAW-110) near San Clemente Island, California - July 1976 |
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Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 110 (VAW-110), nicknamed the
"Firebirds", was an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at
NAS Miramar.The Firebirds were a training squadron for the E-2
Hawkeyes. It was disestablished in September 1994. History: It had its beginnings on 20 April 1967 as Replacement Airborne Early Warning Squadron 110 (RVAW-110), which had been formed when VAW-11 was broken into six separate squadrons. In spite of its primary role in training, RVAW-110 acquired operational skills through deployments aboard the aircraft carriers USS Oriskany (CVA-34), USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) during the Vietnam War. Actually RVAW 110 was known as the rag outfit and it was the training arm of the Airborn Early Warning Squadron's. It consisted of E-1B's and E-2A's. It was stationed at NAS North Island before later moving to NAS Miramar. 1960s In July 1966, VAW-12 received the first E-2A Hawkeye, and was supplying detachments utilizing two different aircraft aboard ten Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers in addition to training personnel for those detachments. With over 200 officers and 800 enlisted personnel, VAW -12 was reorganized as an Air Wing, and on 1 April 1967, Admiral T.E. Moore, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, commissioned Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing Twelve with six operating squadrons. 1970s The squadron received the second generation E-2B Hawkeye aircraft in 1970, followed by the arrival of the E-2C on 31 May 1980. With the delivery of the first Advanced Radar Processing System (ARPS) aircraft in 1978, RVAW 110 trained Naval Flight Officers (NFOs), Flight Technicians and maintenance personnel in both the APS-120 and APS-125 radars. This continued until 1980 when all east coast VAW squadrons completed transition to the APS-125. 1980s In May 1980, the 2F110 Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) was delivered and ready for use in early May 1981. The OFT is designed to simulate actual in-flight emergencies and train Replacement Pilots to handle such emergencies prior to receiving E-2C training flights. The 15F8B Weapon System Trainer(WST) arrived in October 1984 and was accepted for training on 19 November 1984. This latest arrival provided staff and Replacement NFOs with the latest technology for the Grumman Hawkeye. In late 1987, VAW-110 began training personnel for the Grumman C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft. Later it also trained crews for new variants of the E-2C Hawkeye. 1990s After more than 27 years of service under two designations, VAW-110 was disestablished on 30 September 1994. Its duties were assumed by VAW-120. source: wikipedia |
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