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BuNo. 164483, VAW-124 Bear Aces, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), May 2018
BuNo. 161346, VAW-121 Bluetails, USS George Washington (CVN-73), February 2004
Airborne Command and Control Squadron
124 (VAW-124), also known by its nickname Bear
Aces, was founded on September 1, 1967, at NAS
Norfolk, which they still use today when not
stationed aboard Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers.
From the beginning, Bear Aces were equipped
with Grumman E-2 Hawkeye aircraft, from the
A version to the most modern D version, which
they fly since the summer of 2021.
Airborne Command and Control Squadron 121
(VAW-121) was established on April 1, 1967, and
was initially equipped with Grumman E-1B
Tracers. The reason for their use, even at a time
when the US Navy already had Hawkeyes in
service, was the inability to use E-2s on older
Essex-class aircraft carriers and on the USS
Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42). The unit was
re-equipped with modern E-2Cs in July 1975.
The Bluetails, as the unit is nicknamed, use NAS
Norfolk as their home base and are deployed on
Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers. In 2014, the unit
was re-equipped with the more modern E-2D
Advanced Hawkeye.
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