This was a 1989 package for Navy News This Week about VQ-3’s transfer from the EC-130 Hercules propeller aircraft to the turbo propelled E6-A Hermes aircraft.
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron THREE [VQ-3] aka the “Ironman“ was a squadron at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii ( Facility Barber’s Pt.). The E6-A was an addition to the
squadron’s TACAMO ( Take Charge and Move Out ) aircraft. Fleet Air Reconaissance Squadron Three. FAIRECONRON . Herc Hercs . Navy Broadcasting Service Fleet Support Detachment Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. NBS.
Produced/reported/editing JO1 Cathy Hines; videography was either Tony Ozoa or Scott Ginkens. NNTW.