VAW-115 ends 44-year deployment in Japan

Just one day before the AV-8B departed Japan for good, the last E-2C from VAW-115 also left NAF Atsugi as well.

Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge

The squadron had spent 44-years there as the forward-deployed airborne early warning squadron for the U.S. Navy. Accumulating more than 24 consecutive years and 50,000 hours of Class-A mishap-free hours in the process.

Replacing the Liberty Bells is VAW-125 with its E-2D.