On 19 September 2005 a ceremony at NS Rota marked the end of VQ-2's stay at
this air base. Rear Adm. Ricardo Victor Gomez Enriquez, Admiral in Chief,
Rota Naval Base, received a plaque commemorating the squadron's relationship
with the kingdom of Spain from Cmdr. Clayton A. Grindle, Commanding Officer
VQ-2, during a disestablishment ceremony held Monday in a VQ-2 hangar.

On Wednesday 21 September 2005, the last VQ-2 aircraft left Rota, Spain on
it's way to VQ-2's new homeport of NAS Whidbey Island.

Regards,
Marco P.J. Borst
P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands

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