Official VAQ-137 Rooks 50th Anniversary Patch HMLA-469 6 million pounds of ordnance

6 million pounds of ordnance during Desert Storm

providing the Marine Air-Ground Task Force with the ability to move the heaviest equipment

and military installation morale patch collectors

museum supporters

Official VAQ-137 Rooks 50th Anniversary Patch HMLA-469 6 million pounds of ordnanceOfficial VAQ 137 Rooks 50th Anniversary Patch Half a Century of Electromagnetic Dominance Because for fifty years, the Rooks have been making enemy radar operators very, very nervous. VAQ 137, the Rooks, is an Electronic Attack Squadron based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, now flying the EA 18G Growler. Commissioned on December 14, 1973, the Rooks have been at the forefront of electronic warfare for five decades from providing critical electronic