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670:; this was the first Southeast Asian deployment by an East Coast patrol squadron since 1967. The detachment at Diego Garcia was a response to the Soviet buildup of military forces in the Persian Gulf. VP-26 returned to NAS Brunswick in September and received the Navy Expeditionary Medal for its Indian Ocean activities; it also received the 1981 CNO Safety Award. In early May 1981, VP-26 deployed to NS Rota and Lajes Field. On 1 July 1982, VP-26's Special Projects detachment became a separate squadron, Special Projects Patrol Squadron VPU-1, after being a VP-26 detachment since 1969. That month, VP-26 deployed to NAS Keflavik. Three crews were detached for three months to the Western Pacific to augment WESTPAC Harpoon capabilities. Before leaving NAS Keflavik, VP-26 crews had operated from
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Kingdom, Greece, Senegal, Iceland, Bermuda, Italy, and
Gibraltar. At home in 1987, the squadron maintained detachments to NAS Jacksonville, NAS Bermuda, Iceland, Lajes Field, RAF Ascension Island, NS Puerto Rico and Thule Air Base; it had a 100-percent sortie-completion rate during its detachments. In November 1987 VP-26 deployed to NAS Keflavik, and its crews had a good ASW mission record against Soviet submarines. The deployment was capped by another Golden Wrench Award and a second Battle "E" for 1988. In June 1989 VP-26 deployed to NS Rota and Lajes Field, accumulating over 5,400 flight hours in six months. The squadron supported sixteen operational detachments to England, Ascension Island,
646:, NAS Keflavik and NS San Juan. Coordinated operations highlighted this deployment, as aircrews participated in a number of ASW exercises with NATO and Allied Naval Forces. Returning to NAS Brunswick in early 1978, VP-26 received the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Silver and Golden Anchor Awards for retention excellence, and the CNO Aviation Safety Award for operations in 1976 and 1977. In March 1979 VP-26 began transitioning from the P-3B to the P-3C Update II, which incorporated the latest in avionics and weapons systems (including a turret-mounted infrared detection device which lowered from the nose to identify targets day or night, and
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876:. It flew over 5,000 miles (including 83 ASW exercises), and was nominated for the 2002 Phoenix Award for Maintenance Excellence and the 2002 Battle Efficiency Award. VP-26 supported its community through Manta Santa (200 families received clothing, 1,678 children received toys, and a local children's hospital received an $ 800 donation), Sisters of Mother Teresa aid in Reykjavik, and a number of adopt-a-school affiliations.
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arrests. Cocaine alone was over 38 metric tons, equivalent to over 20 percent of estimated US consumption. The crews at NAS Keflavik had the highest total contact time on submarines of all US maritime patrol squadrons in the previous four years. VP-26 was the first US military unit invited to participate in the
Norwegian FLOTEX 96 national exercise, and the squadron received its fourth Battle "E" Award in 1996.
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368:(which became known as Operation Vittles) to sustain the city. VP-HL-6 flew a number of missions to bring medical supplies to airfields in the Allied zone of occupation, where they were transferred to unarmed transport aircraft flying missions into Berlin. The blockade was lifted in May 1949. In March of that year, the squadron's headquarters and home port were changed from
921:(FAA). On this basis the squadron was the safest organization in military and civilian aviation, flying over 296,000 hours without a mishap since 1962 (when a P-2E Neptune caught fire and exploded during a ground-maintenance engine check). On 17 September, Combat Air Crew 1 (CAC-1) flew to NAS Jacksonville to participate in a composite training unit exercise with the
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Atlantic. The squadron received the Golden Wrench Award for superior achievement in aircraft maintenance and readiness and the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy for 1976. In September 1977, VP-26 was deployed to several locations throughout the North Atlantic. Primarily based at NAS Bermuda and Lajes Field, the squadron had detachments in the
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860:, France; RAF Kinloss, Scotland; Malta, and Turkey), and flew missions over the Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, North Sea and the Mediterranean. The missions included support for two US carrier battle groups and NATO surface combatants, overland reconnaissance in support of NATO stabilization forces (SFOR) and its
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Mediterranean deployment, the squadron trained its 12 aircrews in the new P-3C Update III AIP (anti-surface-warfare improvement program) aircraft
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Atlantic Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award for 1972. As a result of the squadron's tactical efforts in 1973 and 1974, VP-26 received the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy for excellence in anti-submarine warfare. In 1975, the squadron was involved in celebrating the
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Seventh Fleet AOR, marking the first integrated active and reserve P-3C deployment. They executed 245 operational missions and 3,808 flight hours in support of 28 multi-national exercises, 20 U.S. maritime exercises, and 23 detachments to 12 countries, including the
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on 29 April (arriving on the 30th), and was ready for patrol on 1 May. A lack of enemy contacts led to the return of four crews and aircraft to Port
Lyautey on 7 June, leaving two crews and one aircraft at Gibraltar for contingencies. On 17 June, a detachment of six searchlight-equipped aircraft and
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Gibraltar to the wars on drugs and terrorism. In the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, VP-26 missions
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and Lajes Field. While performing narcotics detection and monitoring operations out of Key West and Roosevelt Roads, VP-26 aircrews located two suspicious vessels; they were seized, and confirmed to have a total of over 1,300 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of over $ 30 million.
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in Key West, Florida. The aircraft left the Azores for Florida on 31 May. Administrative control of the Lajes Field squadron was transferred from FAW-9 to FAW-11 on 29 May. On 29 June, VB-114 deployed a detachment of three aircraft and four crews to NAF Port Lyautey; this left six aircraft at Lajes
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in Brunswick, Maine, earning the squadron a Navy Bicentennial Command designation. As the fleet's only active-duty bicentennial squadron, the 1976 split-site deployment to NS Rota and Lajes Field gave VP-26 the opportunity to display its bicentennial colors throughout the Mediterranean, Europe and
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in the Azores between 20 July and 1 August 1944, leaving no squadrons in French Morocco. Two aircraft from the Dunkeswell detachment arrived on 24 July to supplement the group, and movement of all equipment, supplies, personnel and aircraft was completed by 28 July. The Azores detachment was under
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in New Jersey in January 1947, and a three-aircraft detachment remained at NAF Port Lyautey with ASW its primary mission. Most flight activities, as assigned by ComNavEastLantMed, were mail and passenger transport, search and rescue and special flights. Within a year, the rest of the squadron was
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in Rhode Island for installation of a General Electric L-7 searchlight. On 21 December, the remainder of the squadron aircraft and crews were sent to NAS Quonset Point for similar refits; this was followed by one week of specialized training in the use of the searchlight in night attacks on enemy
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and maintained detachment sites in Incirlik, Turkey and Comalapa, El Salvador. This deployment marked the last deployment of P-3C's from east coast squadrons. Early in the El Salvador detachment, the crew seized more than 530 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $ 17 million and, ultimately,
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in El Salvador in late 2005, providing support for Operation Active Endeavor and multinational exercises in Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, France, Crete, Ghana, and Germany, and hosting naval forces from throughout Europe for Operation Noble Manta and Caribbean anti-drug operations. The squadron
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at NAS Sigonella, and returned to NAS Brunswick in the beginning of July; most squadron personnel returned home on 4 July. During the rest of the year, the squadron continued training. It commemorated 42 years of mishap-free flying, totaling over 303,420 hours, in August. In September, one crew
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in North Carolina. The SP-2E aircraft was reconfigured as a jump platform for Special Forces parachutists making high-altitude day and night jumps. From October 1965 to 5 January 1966, VP-26 began transition training from the P2V Neptune (flown by the squadron for over 15 years) to the new
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in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and operated simultaneously from every Seventh Fleet deployment site on several occasions. In June 1986, VP-26 deployed to NS Rota and Lajes Field. While conducting operations in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, aircrews visited France, the United
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From 18 November 1944 to 14 February 1945, tour completion and crew rotation were imminent for the squadron. To have enough aircraft and experienced aircrews for replacement-crew training, the Dunkeswell detachment was reduced to four aircrews and four aircraft and the remainder were sent to
546:. The first P-3B arrived at NAS Brunswick on 5 January 1966, when VP-26 was the Navy's first operational P-3B squadron. It deployed to NAS Argentia on 19 July 1966, with a detachment at NAS Keflavik. Squadron personnel could see the newly formed, ephemeral volcanic island of
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submarines. Six days later, an advance party of one officer and 21 enlisted personnel were ordered to NAS Norfolk to prepare for the squadron's shipment overseas. The rest of the squadron remained at NAS Quonset Point to complete the ASW syllabus on night attacks.
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ships and keeping the sea lines of communication open. It participated in the February and March Exercise Dogfish, a multinational ASW exercise. CAC-4 conducted a successful April SAR event, saving over 80 people whose ship had sunk. Later, two crews went to the
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was established in November 1957). VP-26 made a split deployment to NAS Keflavik and NAS Argentia from 22 November 1958 to 4 May 1959, during which the squadron located a Russian trawler which deliberately severed transatlantic cables in February 1959.
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supplement the Lajes Field detachment. Replacement crews began arriving in the Azores on 8 December 1944, and began the night-searchlight training program. The four aircraft and crews left at Dunkeswell rejoined the squadron on 14 February 1945.
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first U.S. P-3C detachment to New Zealand since 1984. The squadron also performed the first dual LSRS mission, the first VQ-LSRS cross-cueing operation and the first complete image collection of a priority target in support of Commander, U.S.
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with state-of-the-art improvements in command, control, communications and intelligence; surveillance, and survivability. The squadron received its first AIP aircraft in September 2000. VP-26 also conducted extensive training to employ the
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carrier battle group. The following day, CAC-1 was joined by CAC-5 and a maintenance detachment. VP-26 participated for two weeks and flew over 75 hours in the exercise, which had been moved from the Florida coast due to
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disrupted $ 625 million worth of narcotics shipments in cooperation with U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian forces. The squadron also executed 3,500 overland combat hours across the Fifth and Sixth Fleet AORs in support of
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carrier battle groups. In addition to homeland defense, VP-26 provided mechanical support to aircraft from other bases and ground logistics for their crews. In May and June 2003, squadron members built houses with
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reported after his release that a fellow inmate had told him of eight American airmen who had survived a crash in the Baltic Sea and had been held by the Soviets at the same prison camp in the
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surveillance patrols and visit emerging East European democracies. On 7 November 1990 VP-26 left NAS Brunswick for a unique tri-site deployment, distributing VP-26 aircraft at
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VP-26 was the last active navy P-3 squadron at NAS Jacksonville to convert to the P-8A.
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Island. When the squadron returned on 2 June 1968, flight-crew members received several
435:. In February 1952, it was the first patrol squadron relocated to the newly established
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on 30 June of that year, and began transition training from the PB4Y-2 Privateer to the
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to all traffic except for specified air lanes. The Western Allied air forces began the
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be closed, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing FIVE be deactivated and VP-26 be moved to
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with a small target-practice bomb which made a direct hit on its periscope, and the
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in France, in March; it was the first to operate from the base in nearly a decade.
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at NAS Sigonella. VP-26 flew in Operations Deliberate Forge and Joint Guardian in
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The two remaining VB-114 aircraft and crews at NAF Port Lyautey were relocated to
301:. By 9 July, the detachment had increased by three searchlight-equipped aircraft.
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1 September 1948. The Tridents are the third squadron to be designated VP-26; the
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returned to Brunswick in June 2006, and received the Armed Forces Service Medal.
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in Sicily from 19 June to October 1970, relieving VP-5. This coincided with the
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for interrogation, their ultimate fate was never determined. American former
1448:"Vignettes of Standing Up and Operating the P-8 at Jacksonville Air Station"
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985:. The squadron again won the Golden Anchor Award for Retention Excellence.
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cut the deployment short. On 23 October, VP-26 deployed the detachment to
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The squadron was assigned the following aircraft on the following dates:
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List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
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Between 12 February and 4 March 1944, transfer orders were received for
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exercise, in October 1954. Lieutenant (jg) C. O. Paddock disabled the
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and, on 11 December 1943, one of the squadron's PB4Y-1s was sent to
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House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
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operations. The squadron then received its third Battle "E" Award.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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to support the Iraq War. In May and June, the squadron flew in
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and escort missions through the Strait of Gibraltar, escorting
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238:. From 14 October to December 1943, the squadron relocated to
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The squadron deployed at the end of January 2004, relieving
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in the first continuous Mediterranean armed patrols since
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Field with the squadron's administrative-command staff.
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The squadron was assigned to the following home ports:
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in Devon, England, under the administrative control of
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Category:Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy
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A detachment of three crews and aircraft was sent to
265:. Its aircraft left Quonset Point on 21 February for
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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443:It participated in Operation LANTFLEX, the annual
1004:and anti-piracy operation in the Horn of Africa.
666:in early March 1980, maintaining a detachment at
981:and Kosovo Campaign Medal; two crews earned the
181:was renamed VP-102 on 16 December 1940, and the
82:Maritime or land-based patrol and reconnaissance
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1874:Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center
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1273:List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
230:, Virginia, as a bombing squadron flying the
8:
1834:Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
226:VB-114 was established on 26 August 1943 at
3317:Carrier Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission (VRM)
983:Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
3919:Patrol squadrons of the United States Navy
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2722:United States battleship retirement debate
2472:United States Armed Forces School of Music
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1864:Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
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1070:In March 2016, VP-26 accepted their first
988:VP-26 again deployed to NAS Sigonella and
1844:Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
1773:Naval Forces Europe â Naval Forces Africa
1470:"VP-26 returns from first P-8 deployment"
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1102:Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
1407:"VP-26 Celebrates Successful Deployment"
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565:at NS Sangley Point and was tasked with
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340:in Puerto Rico were closed and moved to
209:
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1134:Chief of Naval Operations Safety Awards
1009:Base Realignment and Closure Commission
577:surveillance off the southern coast of
1592:Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
17:
3296:Carrier Fleet Logistics Support (VRC)
1798:Operational Test and Evaluation Force
839:VP-26 P-3C and ground crewman in 2006
91:Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN
7:
3643:Helicopter Mine Countermeasures (HM)
2881:Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW)
1859:Naval Education and Training Command
1355:"History of Patrol Squadron TWO SIX"
1227:, North Carolina - 29 November 1945
1215:, French Morocco - 21 February 1944
1053:In January 2015, VP-26 deployed to
561:in Thailand. The squadron relieved
2155:Unclassified miscellaneous vessels
185:was renamed VP-14 on 1 July 1941.
14:
1430:"VP-26 Aids in Rescue Near Malta"
1268:History of the United States Navy
1245:NAS Patuxent River - 30 June 1950
353:again based at NAF Port Lyautey.
3775:Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM)
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1122:Joint Meritorious Unit Citations
1110:Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
979:Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
914:, BathâBrunswick Area (HFHBBA).
559:U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
218:with US and British markings at
58:
26:
1637:Senate Subcommittee on Seapower
1114:Global War on Terrorism Service
919:Federal Aviation Administration
682:, Norway; Thule AB, Greenland;
1904:Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
1587:Vice Chief of Naval Operations
1098:Meritorious Unit Commendations
1017:Naval Air Station Jacksonville
309:the administrative control of
166:Naval Air Station Jacksonville
101:Naval Air Station Jacksonville
1:
3179:Fleet Fighter Composite (VFC)
3148:Fleet Air Reconnaissance (VQ)
1803:Naval Network Warfare Command
1788:Naval Special Warfare Command
1783:Naval Forces Southern Command
1242:NAS Port Lyautey - March 1949
881:New York City Fire Department
3210:Fleet Logistics Support (VR)
2477:Navy Senior Enlisted Academy
1869:Office of Naval Intelligence
1839:Naval Supply Systems Command
1778:Naval Forces Central Command
1679:Expeditionary Combat Command
1310:Roberts, Michael D. (2000).
1209:, Virginia - 14 October 1943
581:and open-sea patrols in the
3664:Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC)
2462:Naval Hospital Corps School
2268:Explosive ordnance disposal
2110:Registered civilian vessels
1879:Naval Legal Service Command
1577:Under Secretary of the Navy
1203:, Virginia - 26 August 1943
1090:Battle Effectiveness Awards
1013:Naval Air Station Brunswick
164:aircraft squadron based at
3935:
1909:Navy Installations Command
1378:Allen, Michael E. (2005).
1239:, Maryland - 16 April 1948
1187:Boeing P-8 Poseidon - 2016
1064:Operation Inherent Resolve
1033:Operation Enduring Freedom
786:Operation Maritime Monitor
627:United States Bicentennial
285:nine aircrews deployed to
2774:
2409:Naval Postgraduate School
1914:Navy Working Capital Fund
1894:Bureau of Naval Personnel
1829:Naval Air Systems Command
1824:Naval Sea Systems Command
1643:
1582:Chief of Naval Operations
1544:
1251:, Maine - 11 January 1952
1106:Navy Expeditionary Medals
963:2004 Summer Olympic Games
959:Operation Active Endeavor
700:Valkenburg Naval Air Base
658:The squadron deployed to
356:The squadron deployed to
25:
3881:Helicopter Training (HT)
2482:Navy Supply Corps School
2386:Officer Candidate School
2055:Amphibious warfare ships
1899:Chief of Naval Personnel
1808:Military Sealift Command
1257:, Florida - January 2010
1088:VP-26 has received five
848:and Maverick missiles.
49:United States of America
2795:Electronic Attack (VAQ)
2694:Ship naming conventions
2457:Naval Chaplaincy School
2421:Marine Corps University
2417:Naval Community College
2401:Naval University System
2160:Yard and district craft
1233:, New Jersey - May 1946
1221:, Azores - 20 July 1944
1094:Navy Unit Commendations
557:in the Philippines and
2674:Revolt of the Admirals
2629:Line-crossing ceremony
2534:Awards and decorations
1166:P2V-5 (MAD) - May 1954
968:VP-26 was relieved by
840:
610:
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244:anti-submarine warfare
223:
2355:Operations specialist
2288:Medical Service Corps
1572:Secretary of the Navy
1192:Home-port assignments
838:
812:Operation Joint Forge
797:Operation Sharp Guard
793:Operation Desert Calm
745:Breakup of Yugoslavia
672:BodĂž Main Air Station
650:missile capability).
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172:. The squadron flies
2947:Strike Fighter (VFA)
2689:Ship decommissioning
2664:Navy service numbers
2487:Nuclear Power School
2467:Naval Justice School
2298:Civil Engineer Corps
2095:Mine warfare vessels
1793:Naval Reserve Forces
1749:Fleet Forces Command
1716:Carrier strike group
1417:on 30 November 2005.
1178:P-3C UII - July 1979
1140:Aircraft assignments
1118:Expeditionary Medals
912:Habitat for Humanity
887:and a photograph of
866:September 11 attacks
640:RAF Ascension Island
527:Zulu-class submarine
507:Cuban Missile Crisis
299:invasion of Normandy
1889:Naval Safety Center
1849:Fleet Cyber Command
1428:Stephen P. Weaver.
1169:P2V-5F - March 1955
525:overflies a Soviet
319:RAF Coastal Command
234:heavy bomber under
146:Boeing P-8 Poseidon
32:VP-26 unit insignia
2768:Aircraft Squadrons
2765:United States Navy
2684:Ship commissioning
2150:Torpedo retrievers
1711:Aircraft squadrons
1674:Fleet Marine Force
1538:United States Navy
1237:NAS Patuxent River
1029:Operation New Dawn
906:Theodore Roosevelt
885:World Trade Center
841:
644:NAS Guantanamo Bay
613:VP-26 deployed to
611:
609:VP-26 P-3B in 1971
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386:Wiesbaden Air Base
370:NAS Patuxent River
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195:Patrol Wing Eleven
162:United States Navy
64:United States Navy
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2405:Naval War College
2330:Hospital corpsman
2325:Boatswain's mates
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2130:Ships of the line
2080:Destroyer escorts
2045:Aircraft carriers
1884:Naval Observatory
1726:Naval Observatory
1411:www.news.navy.mil
1231:NAS Atlantic City
1184:P-3C UIIIR - 1994
1181:P-3C UII.5 - 1993
1011:recommended that
990:Comalopa Air Base
636:Panama Canal Zone
396:off the coast of
380:On 8 April 1950,
350:NAS Atlantic City
248:NAS Quonset Point
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2604:Continental Navy
2559:Current aircraft
2365:Hispanic sailors
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2115:Sailing frigates
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1601:3-star admirals
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1002:Afghanistan wars
931:Hurricane Isabel
801:Salvador Allende
751:embargo against
684:RAF Machrihanish
631:Pejepscot Museum
555:NS Sangley Point
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382:PB4Y-2 Privateer
348:It was based at
256:NAF Port Lyautey
232:PB4Y-1 Liberator
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1731:Master jet base
1684:Merchant Marine
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1627:2-star admirals
1597:4-star admirals
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1381:The Gulag Study
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1037:Abraham Lincoln
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961:to support the
899:Harry S. Truman
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773:Roosevelt Roads
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648:AGM-84A Harpoon
619:Black September
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583:South China Sea
569:patrols in the
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193:As a member of
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160:Tridents are a
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2569:Naval reactors
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