PATROL SQUADRON EIGHT (VP-8) – CAC-12

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SKU: VP-8-1071-CAC-12-1001 Categories: ,

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Computer made/mounted on velcro   3.25 inch-83mm

 

PATROL SQUADRON EIGHT (VP-8)

Lineage. Established as Patrol Squadron TWO HUNDRED ONE (VP-201) on 1 Sep 1942. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron TWO HUNDRED ONE (VPB-201) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron TWO HUNDRED ONE (VP-201) on 15 May 1946; Patrol Squadron, Medium Seaplane ONE (VP-MS-1) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron, Medium Landplane EIGHT (VP-ML-8) on 5 Jun 1947; Patrol Squadron EIGHT (VP-8) on 1 Sep 1948-.

Assignments. PatWing-5/FAW-5, 1 Sep 1942; Commander Bermuda Air Group, Aug 1943; FAW-5, 8 Jun 1944; FAW-12, 12 Jun 1944; FAW-3, 12 Jul 1944; FAW-12, 27 Jul 1944; FAW-3, 29 May 1945; FAW-11, 15 Mar 1946; FAW-5, Dec 1947; FAW-3, Mar 1958; FAW-5/PatWing-5, Jul 1961

Stations. NAS Norfolk, VA, 1 Sep 1942; NAS Banana River, FL, 6 Oct 1942; NAS Norfolk, VA, 6 Feb 1943; NAS Bermuda, Aug 1943; NAS Norfolk, VA, 8 Jun 1944; NAS Key West, FL, 27 Jul 1944; NAS Coco Solo, CZ, 29 May 1945; NS San Juan, PR, 15 Mar 1946; NAS Norfolk, VA, Dec 1947; NAS Quonset Point, RI, Sep 1948; NAS Chincoteague, VA, Apr 1958; NAS Norfolk, VA, Jul 1959; NAS Patuxent River, MD, Jul 1961; NAS Brunswick, ME, Jul 1971; NAS Jacksonville, FL, 2008 -.

Aircraft. PBM-3, 1942; PBM-3C, 1942-1943; PBM-3S, 1943; PBM-5E, 1945-1947; P2V-2, 1947-1949; P2V-3, 1949-1955; P2V-5F, 1955-1962; P-3A, 1962-1965; P-3B, 1965-1981; P-3C UII, 1981-1985; P-3C UII-5, 1985-1994; P-3C UIIIR, 1994-2014; P-8, 2014-.

Operations. Tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

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