The 'Whale' and her crews were there !

Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Alameda, Ca.

Naval Aviation Depot, Alameda, Ca.

"KILLER WHALE"

Thunderbird Aviation Inc, Pheonix, Ar.
Flew A-3s for R&D.

"Douglas, Fly Around The World" early Douglas Aircraft company patch.

Early A-3A or A-3B patch.
Note the tail gun turret.

Douglas Aircraft Co.

A-3 Skywarior "500" carrier landings patch

HUGHES AERONAUTICAL OPERATIONS
1981-1998 when operations became more civil than military. Operated A-3s as testbed aircraft.
Now Ratheon

HUGHES FLIGHT TEST DIVISION DECAL

PHOENIX MISSILE SYSTEM
Logo used on 144867 during AWG-9 and Phoenix development program.
Hughes 1968-1982

HUGHES APG-71 DECAL
F-14 Tomcat radar development on A-3 BuNo 144867

Naval Air Weapons Station
China Lake, Ca.

COMHATWINGONE
Commander Heavy Attack Wing One
NAS Sanford, Fla.
'Illegitmus Carborundum'
(Don't let the dirty bastards grind you down)

'Bullseye' patch
Heavy Wing One won the bombing competition!

SAD
'Special Activities Detachment'
U.S. Army detachments to VQ-1 and VQ-2

Another SAD patch

7th Fleet
USS Hancock CV19
Host to the whale in the Tonkin Gulf.

VQ Assoc.
Iron on transfer created by Gil Bouffard. Makes a nice patch!

EA-3B Skywarrior

30 years of service
1952-1982

Russian EWOP
Worn by VAQ-33 crews in 1983.

ILSMT
Integrated Logistics Support Management Team. Flyers and maintainers who worked with NARF Alameda to keep the whales flying.

WHALES FOREVER

VQ-2 WHALING CO.

A-3 SKYWARRIOR

Three patches worn by TA-3B crews at NAF Washington, D.C. 81-90. Crews flew standard USN staff flags (same as used on limo fenders) in special external mount on the cockpit sextant location when taxiing aircraft with VIPs aboard. Happy hour flag flew on special occasions.

'PARTY WHALE'

EA-3B
DESERT STORM/SHIELD PATCH

PATCH BARS FOR DET & SQUADRON PATCHES

PT. MUGU MAINTENANCE SUPPORT PATCH (note A-3)

WESTPAC/MED. CRUISE 85/86. RARE TRANSFER OF CARRIER FROM PACIFIC TO MEDITERRANEAN DUTY.

VQ-2 AROUND THE WORLD PATCH