FLEET AIR RECONNAISSANCE
SQUADRON TWO VQ-2 "BATMEN"
Counterpart of the Pacific Fleet's VQ-1, FAIRECONRON TWO has served with the Atlantic Fleet since it was commissioned at Port Lyautey, Morocco, as Electronics Countermeasures Squadron Two on September 1, 1955. A3D1Qs began supplementing the unit's P4M1Qs in 1956 and Skywarriors have been operated by the squadron ever since. Homeported at NS Rota, Spain, since November, 1958, the squadron was redesignated VQ-2 on January 1, 1960. Over the years, VQ-2 has operated Lockheed EC.
121s and EP-3s alongside its Skywarriors to provide electronic reconnaissance for the Sixth Fleet. In addition to its normal operations, including regular deployments since 1965 aboard carriers operating in the Mediterranean, and in the Atlantic, VQ-2 has undertaken several notable deployments: a deployment to NAS Key West, Florida, in the fall of 1962 to provide SIGINT during the Cuban crisis the deployment of Det Bravo to Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, for four years beginning in 1965; and deployments to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during various contingencies (including the confrontation with Libya during April, 1986). Skywarrior models operated by VQ-2 have included the A3D-1Q, A3D-2Q/EA-3B, and TA-3B.
121s and EP-3s alongside its Skywarriors to provide electronic reconnaissance for the Sixth Fleet. In addition to its normal operations, including regular deployments since 1965 aboard carriers operating in the Mediterranean, and in the Atlantic, VQ-2 has undertaken several notable deployments: a deployment to NAS Key West, Florida, in the fall of 1962 to provide SIGINT during the Cuban crisis the deployment of Det Bravo to Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, for four years beginning in 1965; and deployments to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during various contingencies (including the confrontation with Libya during April, 1986). Skywarrior models operated by VQ-2 have included the A3D-1Q, A3D-2Q/EA-3B, and TA-3B.
