▁NC - 1 2 1 K ▁Warning ▁Star . ▁Its ▁det ach ments ▁quickly ▁became ▁requested ▁standard ▁features ▁of ▁exer cis es ▁in ▁the ▁fleet , ▁sim ulating ▁miss iles ▁and ▁jam ming ▁rad ars ▁from ▁Norway ▁to ▁Hawai i . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁the ▁squad ron ▁began ▁operating ▁EF - 4 B ▁and ▁EF - 4 J ▁Ph antom ▁II s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁the ▁Fire bird s ▁added ▁a ▁training ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Wh ale ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁A - 3 ▁Sky war rior ▁fleet ▁replacement ▁squad ron ▁( F RS ), ▁providing ▁flight ▁training , ▁maintenance ▁training , ▁and ▁car rier ▁qual ification ▁services ▁to ▁A - 3 ▁cre ws . ▁ ▁The ▁squad ron ▁moved ▁to ▁NAS ▁O ce ana ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁soon ▁acqu iring ▁four ▁ex - Mar ine ▁Corps ▁E A - 6 A ▁In tr ud ers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁the ▁squad ron ▁made ▁its ▁final ▁move , ▁to ▁NAS ▁Key ▁West . ▁A ▁P - 3 A ▁Or ion ▁replaced ▁their ▁NC - 1 2 1 K , ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁the ▁last ▁" Con nie " ▁in ▁the ▁Navy . ▁ ▁During ▁its ▁last ▁dozen ▁years , ▁V A Q - 3 3 ▁continued ▁a ▁high ▁tempo ▁of ▁operations ▁supporting ▁the ▁fleet . ▁The ▁E A - 6 A ▁became ▁its ▁only ▁jet ▁aircraft , ▁while ▁it ▁retained ▁three ▁tur b op rop ▁Or ions