Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a Navy P-8A squadron based out of Jacksonville, Florida.

Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA). VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

Patrol Squadron EIGHT (VP-8) was commissioned in September 1942 as Patrol Squadron 201 in Norfolk, Virginia. During World War II, VP-201 flew more than 28,000 hours in the sea-based PBM "Mariner" from Norfolk, Key West, Bermuda, and the Panama Canal Zone, combating German submarines that were threatening allied shipping throughout the Atlantic.

The squadron was renamed to VP-8 in September 1948, and in October 1962, VP-8 became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the U.S. Navy. VP-8 operated the venerable P-3 above every...

2017年11月8日 · VP-8 deployed to NAS Sigonella, Sicily from February to August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, VP-8 deployed to Japan from December 2004 to June 2005, a first for an east coast VP squadron since the mid 1980's.

Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) was established on 1 September 1942 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia, originally designated as VP-201. The PBM Mariner patrol seaplane squadron deployed to Bermuda in May 1943 to provide antisubmarine coverage for convoys traversing the U-boat-infested Atlantic Ocean, with the squadron making its first attack on a U-boat on ...

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A BIT OF HISTORY: VP-8 History "...MISAWA, Japan (April 24, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Dominic Carmichael, left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Immanuel Mallari, both assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8...

Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 set an all time command record during FY 2023’s annual Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS)...

VP-8 was the last Atlantic Fleet squadron to fly the P-3B aircraft. During the early 1980s Patrol Squadron EIGHT made numerous deployments to Bermuda and Sigonella, Sicily. These successful...