VAW-127

Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron '127 ', nicknamed the "Seabats", was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1983 to 1991. The squadron was equipped with the Grumman E-2C Hawkeye and was assigned only to Carrier Air Wing 13 on the aircraft carrier.

Squadron History

The Seabats were established on 2 September 1983 as part of the Reagan-era build-up to a 600-ship Navy. VAW-127 sailed with CVW-13 and USS Coral Sea until the end of the Cold War and subsequent drawdown of the Services which lead to the Coral Sea/CVW-13 team being one of the first units to be decommissioned. VAW-127 was soon decommissioned on 30 September 1991. In between, the Seabats participated in several noteworthy events to include Operation Eldorado Canyon, the strike conducted against Libya on 15 April 1986 and operations in the Gulf of Sidra. VAW-127 was the recipient of the Naval Air Force Atlantic Battle Efficiency award for 1989.