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This is the only aircraft in VP-2 Squadron’s 22 year history to be lost in a combat zone. 4 January 1954: a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune (BuNo 127752) of VP-2 departed MCAS Iwakuni for a secret combat reconnaissance mission and headed toward China.
Homeport NAS Whidbey Island Expeditionary Squadron. USNR squadron VP-931 was activated on 2 Sep 1950 for participation in the Korean War [5] VAQ-132: Scorpions EA-18G: Commander, Electronic Attack Wing Pacific: VAH-2: 1 Nov 1955-1 Nov 1968 VAQ-132: 1 Nov 1968–present: Homeport NAS Whidbey Island Expeditionary Squadron VAQ-133 (Second use ...
VP-22 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Dragons from 1944 to 1950, and the Blue Geese from 1951 to 1994. It was established as Bombing Squadron VB-102 on 15 February 1943, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-102 on 1 October 1944, redesignated VP-102 on 15 May 1946, redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-HL-2 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP ...
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-2, also known as "Batmen" and later "Sandeman," was an air reconnaissance squadron of the United States Navy, established on 1 September 1955 and based at NAS Whidbey Island, previously at NAVSTA Rota, Spain, flying both Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior and Lockheed EP-3E Aries aircraft until 1991 and then strictly EP-3E aircraft until 2012.
The first VP-2 (then known as VP II) flew in 1971. [4] The VP-2 is externally similar in appearance to the VP-1 but with a 1 ft (30 cm) wider fuselage and enlarged cockpit section to accommodate two side-by-side configuration seats. The aircraft is 1 ft (30 cm) longer and has a 3 ft (0.9 m) addition to wingspan.
VP Patrol Squadron This is one of the oldest aircraft squadron designators in the Navy, in use since the early 1920s until today. VP(AM) Amphibious Patrol Squadron This designation was assigned in 1946 to those of the patrol (VP) squadrons that flew amphibious aircraft. The uniform VP designator was re-instituted in 1948. VP(HL) Heavy Patrol ...
A P-8A Poseidon aircraft, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 40, rests on the runway at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, between operations along the southern border on Jan. 31, 2025.
VP-29 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 14-F (VP-14F) on 1 November 1935, redesignated Patrol Squadron 14 (VP-14) on 4 September 1937, redesignated Patrol Squadron 52 (VP-52) on 1 July 1939, redesignated Patrol Squadron 72 (VP-72) on 1 July 1941, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 122 (VPB-122) on 1 October 1944, redesignated Patrol ...