The Petrel was an air-to-surface guided missile designed for use by patrol aircraft against shipping. VP-24 was selected as the East Coast squadron, and VP-17 as the West Coast unit. VP-24 was the first to be fully equipped; VP-17 became operational in early 1957. November 1959: VP-24 received its first four P2V-7S aircraft.

From 1974 until 1991, VP-24 made 11 major deployments to Bermuda, Sigonella, Lajes and Keflavik, heavily involved in tracking Soviet submarines and ships, and supporting cold war fleet operations and crisis response efforts.

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VP-24, Patrol Squadron 24 was a United States Navy anti-submarine warfare squadron that flew the P-3 Orion. They were first established during World War II as VB-104[1] flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator in the Pacific Theater of Operations From April 1943 and October 1945.

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Patrol Squadron TWO FOUR [VP-24] "Batmen" The Jacksonville-based Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) returned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville from its final six-month deployment to Keflavik, Iceland...

A BIT OF HISTORY: "00JAN45--First combat mission for the PB4Y -2 was in January 1945. One squadron (VP-24) had Privateers equipped with an ASM-N-2 Bat anti-shipping glide bomb with radar homing. By the end of the war, seven Navy squadrons had been equipped with the Privateer and one time or another...."

Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Bombing Squadron One Hundred Four (VB-104) on 10 April 1943, ...