VMAQ-2 Detachment X

EA-6B ProwlerTactical Electronic Warfare

Surveillance & Jamming

ECMO ECMO ECMO Electronic Counter Measures Officer

Pilot

VMAQ-2 DET X

First Marine unit to deploy with EA-6B

CV-41 USS Midway

WESTPAC Cruise 78-79new - old

Midway

Wake Is.

Perth

Fall of ‘78

USS Constellation Deploy 26 Sept. 1978

Singapore 27 Dec.

Crisis in Iran Shah

• 2 Jan 1979 Connie to stay in SCS (not to enter IO)• 16 Jan Shah of Iran departed for Exile• 28 Jan Connie Released from Contingency Operation in SCS • 30 Jan Dependents & Citizens evacuate Iran• 7 Mar Connie order to Indian Ocean: (N. & S. Yemen)

Collision at Sea X

15 April - USS Constellation: Collision at Sea in the Straits of Malacca

USS Midway CV-41"Gonzo Station" in the Indian Ocean

16 April - USS Midway Relieves Constellation as the Indian Ocean Contingency Carrier

• Ten month Indian Ocean cruise on Midway • 4 Nov 1979 US Embassy Seized• 18 Nov Midway arrives Arabian Sea, EOB flights• 21 Nov joined by Kitty Hawk CV63• 22 Jan 1980 joined by Nimitz CVN68• 5 Feb Midway Releived by Coral Sea CV43

Diego Garcia

Mombassa, Kenya

After departing Gonzo Station

• Midway returned to Japan• VMAQ-2 Det. X returned to Cherry Point• I left active duty for Dental School (Marquette)

• 24 April 1980 rescue mission conducted• Other missions planned – “Project Credible Sport”• 22 Jan 1981, Hostages released

• Thank you. Robert Iannello #1100• END

Welcome Louis Renner

“Project Credible Sport”