Patrol Squadron 91 (VP-91) was a patrol squadron of the U.S. Naval Reserve. It was the second squadron to bear the VP-91 designation, the first VP-91 was redesignated VPB-91 on 1 October 1944. The squadron was established on 1 November 1970 and …

A BIT OF HISTORY: "...VP-91 rescue of General Nathan Farragut Twining (Chief-of-Staff of the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific in 1942-43). In January 1943, he was forced down at sea and was adrift at sea for six days.

VP-91 was established as a re-sult of a major reorganization of Naval Air Reserve that took place in mid-1970. Under the Reserve Force Squadron concept 12 land-based naval reserve patrol...

Did some Naval Reserve time with VP-91(1991 to 1993 and 1995 to 1998). I went to FESchool in 1984 and served in that capacity until 1998. Did all my time at NAS Moffett Field, California, unfortunately the only thing flying there now is the Spotted Owl. Lots of good memories and friends during my enlistment..."

This is a PBY 5 and his unit was VP-91 of Fleet Air Wing #1 Hedron. They were stationed at Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Fiji Islands, New Britain, Noumea (New Caledonia), Buna-Hollandia-Munda (New Guinea), Espiritu Santo-Halavo Bay (New Hebrides, New Ireland (Solomon Islands) and Stewart Island (New Zealand).

VP-91 is one of the four long-range maritime patrol squadrons assigned to Commander, Patrol Wing Four for antisubmarine warfare and ocean surveillance. The Squadron, originally commissioned in 1970, was the first reserve patrol squadron to fly the Lockheed P3 Orion.

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.

VP-91 was established at NAS Moffett Field, CA on 01 November 1970, and was the first Naval Air Reserve land-based patrol squadron on the West Coast to fly the P-3A Orion aircraft. The new...

VP-91 was the only reserve P-3 squadron deployed in support of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. flying more than 100 combat hours during which one of its crews assisted in the destruction of two...

Patrol Squadron 91 (VP-91) was a patrol squadron of the U.S. Naval Reserve. It was the second squadron to bear the VP-91 designation, the first VP-91 was redesignated VPB-91 on 1 October 1944. The squadron was established on 1 November 1970 and …