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Alright, here is what you get for expressing some passing interest in the Osprey and license plate!

License plate; “Q VA008”

VA is the designation for a fixed wing attack aircraft.
From Wiki list of inactive Naval Air squadrons:

“VA-8A Air Barons July 27, 1948 Became VA-75”
“VA-75 Carrier Clowns November 30, 1949”
WWII battle of Leyte Gulf.

VA-8A is only sorta VA008. Humm. Baron...Clowns...

And:

“Electronic Attack (VAQ)

Boeing EA-18G Growler
The VAQ designation was established in 1968 to designate “Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron”.[5] In February 1998 the name of the designation was changed to “Electronic Attack Squadron” and all VAQ squadrons then in existence were renamed from “Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron” to “Electronic Attack Squadron”.

A typical Electronic Attack Squadron consists of five Boeing EA-18G Growlers. The primary mission of the Growler is Electronic Attack (EA), also known as Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) in support of strike aircraft and ground troops by interrupting enemy electronic activity and obtaining tactical electronic intelligence within the combat area. Navy Electronic Attack squadrons carry the letters VAQ (V-fixed wing, A-attack, Q-electronic).”

OK-I have no knowledge if there is any connection to anything, so this is all just probably me just trying too hard and reading into the Q puzzle. Baron Trump exists, and the CIA are Clowns in America, so this is coincidence, its too obscure to link with a defunct Naval Attack squadron.

Adm. Rogers was was born in 1959, I do not think it has any thing to do with him, he was fleet, not brown-shoe/naval aviation.

We also have an indication somewhere else the “Q” has to do with a security level at the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. (Or maybe Quidam works for the Govt.)

So, posting just for informational purposes. (Before I hurt myself!)