Last update on Jan.24, 2024

VMA-542 DET.
( AV-8B+, AV-8B(NA) )
( Jun. 2016 - Jan. 2017 )
deployed to 31stMEU/MAG-36
ModexBu.No.
WH-00165354 (AV-8B+(R)) (*1)
WH-01165584 (AV-8B+(R))
WH-02164556 (AV-8B+)
WH-03165390 (AV-8B+(R))
EH-54 --> WH-04166288 (AV-8B+(R))
WH-05165425 (AV-8B+(R))
WH-20164126 (AV-8B(NA))
WH-21163876 (AV-8B(NA))
WH-02, WH-03, WH-05, WH-20, WH-21 and EH-54
arrived at MCAS Iwakuni on June 15, 2016
WH-00 and WH-01
arrived at MCAS Iwakuni on July 2, 2016
7 x AV-8Bs
departed MCAS Iwakuni on January 29, 2017

(*1) 165354/WH-00 crashed in the ocean 100 nautical miles east of Okinawa
at approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 22, 2016,
pilot ejected safely