Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron that was based at the Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, but is now stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. VP-8 served as a land-based anti-submarine patrol squadron in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. VP-8 also became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the United States Navy, occurring in October 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron that was based at the Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, but is now stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. VP-8 served as a land-based anti-submarine patrol squadron in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. VP-8 also became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the United States Navy, occurring in October 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
foaf:homepage
| |
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Garrison
| - Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
|
commander3 label
| |
Commander
| - CDR Hassell
- CDR Todd "Big Luvin" Libby
- CMDCM Johnson
|
Branch
| |
command structure
| |
Role
| |
Nickname
| |
Country
| |
Type
| |
aircraft patrol
| |
Caption
| |
Dates
| |
Unit Name
| |
commander2 label
| |
Battles
| |
decorations
| |
commander1 label
| |
abstract
| - Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron that was based at the Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, but is now stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. VP-8 served as a land-based anti-submarine patrol squadron in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. VP-8 also became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the United States Navy, occurring in October 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
|