VQ-2 Detachment Souda Bay
A VQ-2 detachment is permanently based at Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay [Crete, Greece]. As of 1997 VQ-2 operated four EP-3E Aires II aircraft and two P-3C Orion aircraft from its home-base at Rota and two-plane detachment at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete. Souda Bay is also the site of the NSA's Consolidated Reconnaissance Operations Facility (CROF).
On 01 October 1980, U.S. Naval Detachment, Souda Bay was disestablished and U.S. Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece was established. In December 1990, in addition to the previous Detachment's mission, the Naval Support Activity's mission increased to include support of US Air Force and Navy Reconnaissance missions. As of 1994 the Naval Support Activity has 17 officers and 210 enlisted personnel due to this increased mission and increased port operations in Souda Harbor. The Naval Support Activity is located on Crete's Akrotiri peninsula, 17 kilometers east of Chania. The command is collocated with the Hellenic Air Force at Souda Air Base.
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