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. The Squadron is equipped with the Boeing P-8A Poseidon.

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...

On 13 August 1962, VP-8 became the Navy's first P3V-1 (P-3A) Orion squadron and used its new aircraft from Bermuda in October to conduct surveillance of Soviet shipping as part of the naval quarantine around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

2017年9月19日 · June 10 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the 66-year history of VP-8 when the squadron's last P-3 C arrived at NAS Jacksonville, Florida from the Middle East. The crew included "Fighting Tigers" Commanding Officer Cmdr. Sean Liedman.

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 flies to Charleston, Shows off P-8A to...

During the “Fighting Marlin’s” inaugural P-8 Poseidon deployment to sixth Fleet, he served as the Operations officer to CTG 67.1. In April 2022, he reported to Navy Personnel Command on the...

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...

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