Provide combat ready aircraft worldwide in support of our fleet and national defense, and win the fight in the maritime domain! VP-5 is our nation's premier anti-submarine warfare squadron. As...

Patrol Squadron FIVE (VP-5) is a long-lived maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy. It is the second squadron to bear the VP-5 designation. VP-5 is the second oldest patrol squadron, the fourth oldest in the United States Navy, and the …

Through almost seven decades, the command now recognized as VP-5 has served the cause of freedom. From ocean to ocean the Sailors and aviators who have comprised this squadron’s roll call have helped build a record of Maritime Patrol Aviation (MPA) warfighting excellence and extraordinary professional achievement and service.

VP-5 was one of the first, and most critical units, to support President John F. Kennedy’s quarantine of Cuba in October 1962. Patrols from Jacksonville, Roosevelt Roads, and Guantanamo Bay...

Add a VP-5 Shellback Initiation : Add a VP-5 Deployment - Major Event : Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event; NOV: 1961-APR: 1962: Crew 7 crashed in LA-9 on a Glaicer in Greenland 1st opr. flt.

BUNO: 131526 [VP5] "In True Navy Tradition, She's Piped Over The Side" Spain, Puerto Rico, Newfoundland, Iceland and Sicily. As any pilot who flew her knows, the Neptune was a reliable aircraft, as attested by VP-5's record of more than 40,000 …

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.

OKINAWA, Japan (Apr. 28, 2022) – Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 arrived at Kadena Air Base last month for a rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations in support of U.S....

FARNSWORTH, AOCM(AW/NAC) Edward A. Retired [email protected] "...I served with VP-49 from September 1980 to October 1982 as an Aircrewman Ordnanceman. I was the Ordnance Branch CPO and also worked in QA. I deployed to NAS Sigonella, Sicily with the World Famous Woodpeckers (81/82 Dployment). I also served in VP-8 (1975 to 1978), VP-5 (1987 to 1993), …

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