Keywords: Grumman E-1B retirement Nov 1977.jpg Retirement of the last operational U S Navy Grumman E-1B Tracer BuNo 147217 of carrier airborne early warning squadron VAW-78 Fighting Escargots Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 at naval Air Station Norfolk Virginia USA on 19 November 1977 The aircraft is today preserved at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport Windsor Locks Connecticut USA U S Navy Naval Aviation News February 1978 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/feb78 pdf 1977-11-19 JOC Russ Egnor USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1977 in Virginia Grumman E-1 Tracer Naval Air Station Norfolk Airborne Early Warning Squadron 78 United States Navy |