Flite Test SkyFX Master Series EA 18G Shadowhawks Decal Set
Adorn your RC plane with VAQ-141 Shadowhawks' EA-18G Growler detailing from MCAS Iwakuni, Fall 2017. Capture the Squadron's combat legacy and deployment excellence.
Flite Test SkyFX Master Series EA 18G Shadowhawks Decal Set
This full color decal set contains a 19 X 29 sheet, a 19X12 sheet, and a 14X9 sheet. The kit includes complete vertical tail graphics, two-seater canopy decal and foam, as well as insignia and nomenclature depicting a CAG (Commander, Air Group, the informal name for the senior US Navy officer of a carrier air wing) EA-18G Growler of VAQ-141, the Shadowhawks, at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan - fall 2017. The kit also included decals for a 3D Printed external fuel tank which is available as a free stl download. The decal kit also includes a special Flite Test decal commemorating the squadron.
Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141) was established in July 1987 at NAS Whidbey Island, WA as the twelfth operational EA-6B Prowler squadron. Assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8), the "Shadowhawks embarked on board USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for her maiden cruise to the Mediterranean. Following that first cruise, VAQ-141 saw combat action on every subsequent deployment for the next 21 years.From June 2009 to February 2010, Shadowhawk aircrew and maintainers learned how to fly and fix the most sophisticated and capable Airborne Electronic Attack platform ever built, the EA-18G Growler. On February 5, 2010, the Shadowhawks became only the second operational squadron to be certified Safe For Flight for the EA-18G.
In May 2011, VAQ-141 embarked on the historic first carrier-based deployment of the remarkable EA-18G on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). In June, the Shadowhawks flew the first carrier-based EA-18G combat mission over the skies of Iraq, followed a month later by the first EA-18G combat mission into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Over the course of a seventh month deployment, VAQ-141 operated Growlers "from the sea in the SECOND, SIXTH, and FIFTH Fleet Areas of Responsibility, ultimately executing 237 combat missions in support of US and Coalition forces on the ground, earning Commander, Naval Air Forces, Atlantic Fleet Battle "Ehonors for 2011.
Immediately following the first carrier deployment of the EA-18G, VAQ-141 was privileged to introduce the Navy's most capable Electronic Warfare platform into the Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility in the Western Pacific. In early 2012, the Shadowhawks relocated to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan to join the US Navy's permanently Forward Deployed Naval Forces as part of Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW-5), deploying on board USS George Washington (CVN 73) for the second carrier deployment of the EA-18G.
Package Includes
- Complete vertical tail graphics.
- Two-seater canopy decal and foam.
- Insignia, nomenclature decals.
- Decals for a 3D printed external fuel tank.
- Flite Test commemorative squadron decal.