A U.S. Navy Lockheed EC-130G <i>Hercules</i> (BuNo 151888) from Transport Squadron 1 (VR-1) in flight between 1963 and 1968. From 26 December 1963 to 1 July 1968, two EC-130Gs formed the "TACAMO componenent" of VR-1, used to communicate with ballistic missile submarines. The TACAMO component formed Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4 "Shadows" on 1 July 1968.
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between 1963 and 1968 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1963-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1963-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navalaviationnews.navylive.dodlive.mil/">U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News</a>/<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues.html">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/Naval%20Aviation%20News/1990/pdf/nd92.pdf">November-December 1992</a>, p. 22.