E-1B VAW-121 CVW-6 CVA-42

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USN

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U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo [1]; U.S. Navy photo [2] from the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) 1971 cruise book available at Navysite.de

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A Grumman E-1B Tracer (BuNo. 148146) of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 (VAW-121) "Griffins" Det.42 in 1971. BuNo. 148146 was accepted by the U.S. Navy on 30 December 1960, and subsequently served in Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadrons (VAW) 11, 12, and 121, flying in deployed attachments on board carriers of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, including the USS Constellation (CVA-64), USS Wasp (CVS-18), USS Saratoga (CVA-60), and the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42). It arrived at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida (USA) in 1975 still in the markings of service in the latter carrier with VAW-121. VAW-121 was stationed aboard the Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of Attack Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) from 1970 to 1975.

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