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.

VP-22 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Dragons from 1944-1950, and the Blue Geese from 1951-1994. It was the third squadron to bear the VP-22 designation, which it held for 46 years.

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VP-22 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 4D-14 (VP-4D14) on 15 September 1928, redesignated Patrol Squadron 4-B (VP-4B) on 21 January 1931, redesignated Patrol Squadron 4-F (VP-4F) on 17 July 1933, redesignated Patrol Squadron 4 (VP-4) on 1 October 1937, redesignated Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22) on 1 July 1939 and disestablished on 18 April ...

VPNAVY is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Navy flying ASW VP/VPB Patrol Aircraft past and present. VPNAVY has attempted to collect every available piece of information via the InterNet. Everything and anything relating to U. S. Navy ASW Patrol Squadrons is posted with permission on pages dedicated to each respective squadron.

This page is respectfully dedicated to the memory of the courageous men of VP-22 and the USCG who perished and the families and comrades that they left behind. U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron VP-22 began its third tour of operations in the Korean theater conducting shipping surveillance of the China Sea on November 29, 1952.

VP-22 was recommissioned I September 1948 and based at NAS Kaneohe Bay, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, flying PB4Y aircraft. On I April 1949, the squadron moved to its permanent home at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, with nine PB4Y aircraft.

Redesignated Patrol Squadron TWENTY TWO (VP-22) on 1 September 1948, the third squadron to be as-signed the VP-22 designation. Disestablished on 31 March 1994. The first known insignia for the...

VPNAVY is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Navy flying ASW VP/VPB Patrol Aircraft past and present. VPNAVY has attempted to collect every available piece of information via the InterNet.

Oct 25, 2017 · The first Japanese bombs to fall on Ford Island on Sunday, 7 December 1941, landed close to Patrol Squadron (VP) 22’s hangar. The surprise attack by the enemy, delivered with devastating...