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VP-9 and HMS Westminster executed time-on-target Harpoon attack against ex-USS Boone

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The recently concluded sinking exercise (SINKEX) called Atlantic Thunder 22 allowed Combat Air Crew Six (CAC-6) from VP-9 to execute a coordinated time-on-target using Harpoon anti-ship missiles with the Royal Navy’s HMS Westminster.

An AGM-84D Harpoon missile is deployed off the wing of the P-8A by VP-9 during Atlantic Thunder 2022.

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VAQ-209 HARM live fire off Guam

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Two AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles were fired at the Marianas Islands Range Complex off Guam by VAQ-209 recently.

MARIANA ISLANDS RANGE COMPLEX, Guam (Aug. 30, 2022) EA-18G Growlers from the “Star Warriors” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209 simultaneously fire two AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) during a training exercise near Guam. The AGM-88 HARM is a tactical air-to-surface missile which finds and destroys threat radar air defense systems. Supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific and operating out of Andersen Air Force Base on the “Forward Edge” while utilizing the Marianas Islands Range Complex, VAQ-209’s live-fire exercise provided valuable training to ordnance personnel and aircrew alike. As the US Military’s only Reserve EA-18G squadron, VAQ-209 is currently forward deployed to Japan and operating across the Indo-Pacific as the expeditionary VAQ squadron currently assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Peter Scheu)

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CNAFR flew his last flight on P-3 as USN prepares to sundown the last Orion squadron

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Rear Adm. Brad Dunham, Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve, was at Ault Field in Oak Harbor, Washington on Sept. 14 to fly his last flight in the P-3.

Reserve Deputy Commander Rear Adm. Brad Dunham, Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve, enters the P-3C Orion for his final flight with Patrol Squadron (VP) 69 at Ault Field in Oak Harbor, Washington September 14, 2022. VP-69, a Navy reserve squadron, is slated to complete their transition to P-8 Poseidon aircraft later this year, sundowning the P-3C Orion for Navy operational squadrons. (U.S Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Aranza Valdez)

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