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Patrol Squadron 62
VP-62 insignia
Active1 November 1970 - present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy Reserve Seal United States Navy Reserve
Typesquadron
RoleMaritime Patrol and Reconnaissance
Aircraft flown
PatrolSP-2H
P-3A / P-3B / P-3C

Patrol Squadron SIXTY-TWO (VP-62) is a combat aviation squadron of the United States Navy Reserve. Since 31 July 2015, the squadron has been assigned to Commander, Maritime Support Wing, an Echelon IV organization under the Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve.[1] Nicknamed the "Broadarrows," the squadron flies the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft from its home station of NAS Jacksonville, Florida, deploying worldwide. The squadron's aircraft can be identified by the stylized letters "LT" on the vertical stabilizer, the letter "L" being common to all U.S. Atlantic Fleet patrol aircraft, either Regular Navy or Navy Reserve, and the letter "T" being unique to VP-62.

Overview

The squadron was established on 1 November 1970. It is the fourth squadron to be designated VP-62, the first VP-62 having been disestablished on 1 July 1943, the second VP-62 having been redesignated VPB-62 on 1 October 1944 and the third VP-62 having been disestablished on 30 January 1950.[2]

VP-62 was established from the personnel and SP-2H Neptune aircraft assets of two Naval Air Reserve patrol squadrons existing prior to November 1870, VP-67F1 and VP-67F2. VP-62, other land-based Naval Reserve patrol squadrons, and ostensibly sea-based / aircraft carrier-capable fighter squadrons, attack squadrons and so forth all resulted from a major reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve that took place in 1970 in response to problems with the call-up of Naval Air Reserve squadrons and personnel during the USS Pueblo Crisis in 1968.[3] Under this reorganization, shore-based and sea-based Naval Air Reserve squadrons, also known as Reserve Force Squadrons (RESFORON), would mirror their active duty Navy squadron counterparts in Naval Aviation and fly the same Type/Model/Series (T/M/S) aircraft as active duty units that could readily integrate with the active duty Fleet. These squadrons would be further organized under Reserve wing organizations that paralleled those in the Regular Navy.

Twelve (12) Naval Reserve patrol squadrons, later increasing to thirteen (13) squadrons, were formed across the Continental United States (CONUS), structured along the same lines as the Regular Navy patrol squadrons and with nearly identical organization and manning levels, the primary distinction being that the Regular Navy squadrons were manned at peacetime levels that would be augmented during times of crisis, contingency operations, or wartime by additional Regular Navy and/or Naval Reserve personnel. In contrast, the Naval Reserve squadrons would have a full wartime-manning complement from the start, with cost savings derived with approximately 66% to 75% of the reserve squadron manning being filled by part-time Selected Reservists (SELRES) performing 65 man-days to over 150 man-days per year and the remaining 25% to 34% of manning filled by full-time active duty Reserve personnel in the Navy's then-Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) program. The concept known as "12/2/1" had 12 VP squadrons (later increased to 13 Reserve VP squadrons) residing under two commands: Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic (COMRESPATWINGLANT) and Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific (COMRESPATWINGPAC), both under the control of one central Flag Officer authority, Commander, Naval Air Reserve Force (COMNAVAIRESFOR).

Force cuts in the 1990s and 2000s have resulted in eleven of the original thirteen Navy Reserve P-3 squadrons being inactivated. Today, VP-62, along with its Pacific Fleet counterpart Reserve patrol squadron, VP-69 at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, are the only two Navy Reserve patrol squadrons still in active service.

Flight crew positions in VP-62, especially for Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers, are highly competitive and selected via an in-depth screening process. All pilots and NFOs have previous experience in active duty Fleet VP squadrons, all are previously mission commander qualified, and most have served as instructors in either the P-3 Orion / P-8 Poseidon Fleet Replacement Squadron, Patrol Squadron THIRTY (VP-30); or as flight instructors in the Naval Air Training Command; or as flight test evaluators in the Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) or the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Operational history

VP-62 P-3B, BuNo 153414, lands at NAS Dallas in September 1984
  • 1 November 1970: VP-62 is established at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, under the operational control of Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic (COMRESPATWINGLANT), with a detachment at NAS Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1 July – 26 September 1971: VP-62 retires its SP-2H aircraft and receives its first P-3A Orion, completing transition training on 26 September.
  • 1 April 1972: The VP-62 Atlanta Detachment merges with the main squadron at NAS Jacksonville, combining assets and personnel.
  • November 1972: The squadron begins receiving its first P-3A DIFAR-equipped aircraft as replacements for the older P-3A airframes. Transition is completed in late 1973.
  • July – September 1975: For the first time, the mini-detachment (mini-det) concept is employed for Reserve VP squadron deployments. Rather than sending the entire squadron overseas for a single 17-day period, small detachments of two and three aircraft are sent to NAF Lajes, Azores, extending over a period of several months.
  • July 1976: VP-62 deploys to NAS Bermuda. Reserve crews obtained experience in provision of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) coverage in the Atlantic theater of operation. For the first time, two VP-62 reserve flight crews are selected to drop MK-46 torpedoes with practice warheads. Both crews score direct hits on the target.
  • 1977 – 1978: Mini-dets deploy over a 24-month period to participate in Colombian Counter Insurgency exercises, a NATO exercise in the Azores, torpedo exercises in Puerto Rico, and Mediterranean exercises based at Naval Station Rota, Spain.
  • February 1978: A VP-62 P-3A flown by a VP-0516 Squadron Augmentation Unit flight crew makes a wheels-up landing at the Jacksonville International Airport. The resultant accident damages the aircraft beyond economical repair but the flight crew escape without injuries.
  • April – June 1978: Numerous mini-dets are deployed during this period, with VP-62 members serving shoulder to shoulder with their Regular Navy counterparts in the Fleet operating from NAF Lajes and NAS Bermuda in tracking Soviet nuclear submarines.
  • May – December 1979: VP-62 receives its first P-3B replacement for the P-3A DIFAR aircraft. Transition is completed by December.
  • 19 May 1980: VP-62 is called upon to provide support during the Cuban refugee resettlement operation. Crews flying out of NAS Key West, Florida, spot refugees on the open ocean and directed their rescue by Navy and Coast Guard vessels. Squadron personnel are awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal.
  • August 1981: VP-62 deploys to NAS Bermuda. During the two-week period of squadron operations, a record four hurricanes in a row hit Bermuda. Nonetheless, the squadron participates in exercises Ocean Safari and Ocean Venture with no mission aborts.
  • November 1982: VP-62 deploys for annual active duty training to NAS Bermuda, with periodic detachments at NAS Keflavik, Iceland; NS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; and NAF Lajes, Azores, Portugal. During the deployment, VP-62 also becomes the first reserve VP squadron to participate in drug interdiction flights in the Caribbean.
  • October 1983: The squadron’s P-3B aircraft undergo refit to the Tactical / Navigation Modification (TAC/NAV MOD) update. The Infrared Detection System/Harpoon Aircraft Command and Launch Set (IRDS/HACLS) modifications add infrared detection and the ability to launch the AGM-84 Harpoon air-to-surface anti-ship missile. The completion of these modifications give the squadron aircraft a Harpoon anti-ship missile capability. The last aircraft modification is completed on 31 March 1985.
  • 1987: VP-62 commences retirement of its P-3B TAC/NAV MOD aircraft in preparation for transition to the P-3C Update III.
  • 1 April 1987 - 31 Mar 1989: VP-62 aircrews commence transition training to the P-3C Update III (P-3C UIII) aircraft with training being done by the active duty Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS), VP-30 at NAS Jacksonville and VP-31 at NAS Moffett Field, California. Intent is to equip both VP-62 and its sister Pacific Fleet Reserve squadron, VP-91 at NAS Moffett Field, California with new production P-3C UIII aircraft given their location on active duty P-3C bases with collocated Fleet Replacement Squadrons and to leverage the extensive operational experience of VP-62 and VP-91 flight crews, which consists of large numbers of former instructor pilots, instructor Naval Flight Officers, and instructor enlisted aircrewmen previously assigned to VP-30 and VP-31 on active duty. The P-3C UIII aircraft have an entirely new underwater acoustic monitoring system, doubling the number of sonobuoys that could be monitored concurrently over earlier versions of the P-3C. Improvements also include avionics, AN/AYA-8 computers, upgraded cooling systems, a retractable AN/AAS-36 IRDS turret aft of the forward radome under the aircraft's chin, and AGM-84 Harpoon missile capability.
VP-62 P-3C UIII, BuNo 163002, over Jacksonville in 1991
  • November 1987: Delivery of the first new production aircraft P-3C UIII aircraft to VP-62 direct from the manufacturer, Lockheed Aircraft Company. occurs in November 1987. This aircraft and all subsequent new production model P-3C UIII aircraft for both VP-62 and VP-91 are procured with National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA) funding.
  • 14 June 1988: VP-62 fires its first AGM-84 Harpoon air-to-surface missile during a live-fire Fleet exercise. The missile is the first ever fired by a Naval Reserve aircrew from a P-3C UIII aircraft. It scores a direct hit, sinking the target, a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers barge.
  • 31 March 1989: VP-62 completes transition to the P-3C UIII, marking the first time in U.S. Navy patrol aviation history that a Naval Reserve patrol squadron has received the latest state-of-the-art maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft direct from the manufacturer (aircraft Bureau Numbers (BuNo) 163001 - 163005 and BuNo 163289 - 163292).
  • 15–31 July 1989: VP-62 becomes the first Naval Reserve squadron to deploy for active duty training to NS Rota and NAF Lajes with the P-3C UIII aircraft. The overwhelming success of this and subsequent deployments highlights the advanced capability of the P-3C Update III and demonstrated the Naval Reserve's ability to effectively operate and maintain front-line equipment in a most challenging real world environment.[4]
  • 1990 - 1 May 1994: VP-62 resumes drug interdiction flights in the Caribbean, commencing concurrent support to the U.S. Coast Guard and Commander, Joint Task Force FOUR (CJTF 4), deploying to NS Roosevelt Roads and NAS Key West, Florida in support of multiple counter-narcotics (CN) interdiction operations.
  • 1990 - 2013: VP-62 performs multiple stateside and overseas mini-dets for two, three, and four-week periods, operating from NAS Keflavik, Iceland; Thule Air Base, Greenland; RAF Kinloss, United Kingdom; RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom; RAF Fairford, United Kingdom; NAF Lajes, Azores; NS Rota, Spain; NAS Sigonella, Sicily; NAS Bermuda, British Crown Colony; NS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Manta, Ecuador; Comalapa, El Salvador; MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; NAS North Island, California, and NAS Key West, Florida.[5]
  • Jul 1991: With the last production model P-3C UIII, BuNo 163295, delivered to VP-91 in Apr 1990, P-3C production for the U.S. Navy is terminated. Acquisition of additional P-3C UIII aircraft for VP-62 and VP-91 with NGREA funding is curtailed and VP-62 is directed to transfer two of its aircraft, BuNo 163290 and BuNo 163291, to VP-91. Revised intent is for VP-62 and VP-91 to operate seven (7) P-3C UIII production aircraft each, to be augmented by two (2) older P-3C aircraft with the Sensor Update System (SUDS) modification, redesignated as P-3C UIII-R.
  • Jul 1991: Despite its procurement with NGREA funds, VP-62 is directed by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) to transfer one of its production model P-3C Update III aircraft, BuNo 163293, to VP-16, an active duty Regular Navy patrol squadron at NAS Jacksonville. This would be the first of several transfers over the next several years of production model P-3C UIII aircraft in VP-62 and VP-91 that were procured with dedicated Reserve Component equipment (NGREA) funds to the Regular Navy, the Reserve squadrons' P-3C UIII aircraft having lower total flight hours than active duty P-3C UII, UII.5 and UIII-R aircraft that were aging out and being retired. Both Reserve squadrons, VP-62 and VP-91, would subsequently receive additional older, higher flight hour P-3C UIII-R aircraft previously operated by Regular Navy VP squadrons.[6] However, VP-91 would later be inactivated on 31 Mar 1999 due to Naval Reserve budget cuts, with its aircraft redistributed to Regular Navy patrol squadrons and to the Naval Reserve's VP-69 at NAS Whidbey Island.
  • 1993 - 1996: VP-62 flight crews and maintenance detachments staging from NAS Sigonella successively participate in Operation Maritime Monitor, Operation Maritime Guard and Operation Sharp Guard in the Adriatic in the vicinity of the former Yugoslavia. Participating squadron personnel are awarded the Armed Forces Service Medal.
  • May 1993: With changes in federal law removing of combat aircraft restrictions on female flight crew personnel, VP-62 becomes the first Navy patrol squadron, Active or Reserve, to have a female assigned as a member of a combat aircrew. Lieutenant Commander Kay Hire, a Naval Flight Officer who previously flew the RP-3A and RP-3D[7] variants of the P-3 Orion in Oceanographic Development Squadron EIGHT (VXN-8) and was an instructor navigator in the USAF T-43A with the Naval Air Training Unit (NAVAIRTU) at the former Mather AFB, was selected for duty with VP-62 as a P-3C UIII navigator/communicator. She later became a NASA Mission Specialist astronaut, promoting to Commander and later to Captain, flying missions STS-90 in 1998 and STS-130 in 2010.
  • 1994: VP-62 commences training for employment of the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) variant of the Harpoon.
  • 7 April 1994 - 1 May 1999: CJTF 4 is redesignated Joint Interagency Task Force East JIATF East. VP-62 support to JIATF East for CN operations continues from NS Roosevelt Roads and NAS Key West through 1 May 1999.
VP-62 P-3C UIII, BuNo 163004, taxis to Runway 9 at NAS Jacksonville while a VP-30 P-3C lands, circa 1995. The VP-62 aircraft is still in its legacy Cold War gloss white over gloss gray paint scheme, albeit with most markings removed. During its next depot level maintenance period, it would be repainted in the flat gray tactical paint scheme with subdued markings like the VP-30 aircraft pictured.
  • August - September 1994: VP-62 participates in Operations Support Democracy and Uphold Democracy, the U.S. military intervention in Haiti, while operating from NS Roosevelt Roads and NAS Key West. Participating squadron personnel are awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
  • 1996: VP-62 is awarded the Noel Davis Trophy and the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E").[8]
  • January 1999: Following the inactivation of Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific (COMRESPATWINGPAC) following the BRAC-directed closure of the former NAS Moffett Field, California, VP-62's higher echelon command, Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic (COMRESPATWINGLANT) at NAS Norfolk, Virginia is renamed Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing (COMRESPATWING), consolidating the remaining nine (of an original thirteen) Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet Naval Reserve P-3 squadrons under a single Echelon IV command.[9]
  • 1 May 1999 - Present: JIATF East merges with Joint Interagency Task Force South, with the merged JIATF South under Commander, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). VP-62 continues to support JIATF South for CN operations from NAS Jacksonville, NAS Key West, and forward operating bases in Central and South America.
  • 2000: VP-62 aircraft, BuNo 163289, is the first VP-62 P-3C UIII aircraft inducted into the Lockheed Martin facility at Greenville, South Carolina for modifications under the P-3C Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP). Squadron flight crews commence training to employ the AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER) variant of the Harpoon and the AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile, capabilities VP-62 will gain with conversion to the P-3C AIP.[10]
  • 2003: VP-62 commences upgrade of its P-3C UIII / P-3C AIP aircraft under the Block Modification Upgrade Program (BMUP),[11] to be followed by later transition to the "BMUP-Plus" (BMUP+).
  • 2005: The U.S. Naval Reserve is renamed the U.S. Navy Reserve. Naval Air Reserve Jacksonville (NAVAIRES JAX), an Echelon IV command that provides administrative support to VP-62 and other Naval Air Reserve aviation squadrons at NAS Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport as Local Area Coordinator for Air (LACAIR), is downgraded to an Echelon V command, merged with Naval Reserve Center Jacksonville, and renamed Navy Operational Support Center Jacksonville (NOSC Jacksonville) under the Navy's Active-Reserve Integration (ARI) initiative.
  • 2007: COMRESPATWING is inactivated and VP-62 is reassigned to the active duty Navy's Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN (COMPATRECONWING ELEVEN) at NAS Jacksonville under the Navy's ARI initiative. COMRESPATWING's former higher command echelon, COMNAVAIRESFOR is redesignated Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve (COMNAVAIRFORES or CNAFR) and relocates from NAS JRB New Orleans, Louisiana to NAS North Island, California under the active duty Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF).
  • 2006: VP-62 is awarded the Noel Davis Trophy and the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E") for 2005.[12][13]
  • 2007: VP-62 is awarded the Noel Davis Trophy and the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E") for 2006.[14][15]
  • 2008: VP-62 is awarded the Noel Davis Trophy and the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E") for 2007.[16][17]
  • 2009: VP-62 is awarded the Noel Davis Trophy and the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E") for 2008. VP-62 was also awarded the 2008 Safety "S" for outstanding safety and Blue "M" for medical readiness.[18][19]
  • 15 September 2009: VP-62 is awarded the Department of the Navy Safety Excellence Award.[20]
  • 2010: VP-62 participates in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010, staging from MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. During RIMPAC, VP-62 participates in a Sink Exercise (SINKEX), firing an AGM-84D Harpoon missile with a live warhead against the decommissioned amphibious assault ship, ex-USS New Orleans (LPH-11).[21]
P-3C Orions of the U.S. Navy and partner nations on the tarmac at MCAS Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2010
  • 2011: VP-62 is awarded the Battle Efficiency Award (Navy Battle "E") and the Chief of Naval Operations Naval Aviation Safety Award (also known as the Safety "S") for 2011.[22]
  • 2012: VP-62 participates in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012, staging from MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
  • July 2013: VP-62 is mobilized to active duty and forward deployed to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan under Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE / Commander, Task Force 72 and Commander, Task Group 72.2,, marking the Navy's first-ever full activation of an entire Reserve P-3 patrol squadron for a six-month overseas deployment. Also mobilized for this deployment is one of the U.S. Navy's last Cold War P-3C aircrewmen and VP-62's former Command Master Chief and most senior enlisted member, AWCM (NAC/AW) Spence Cunningham. Master Chief Cunningham initially enlisted in the Navy in 1981.[23]
  • November 2013: Aircrews from VP-62 participate in Operation Damayan, the U.S. military's humanitarian aid response to the Republic of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. Under Commander, Task Group 72.2, VP-62 crews provide initial post-storm reconnaissance and identify potential landing areas for U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk and U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey to land and deliver relief supplies.[24]
  • 11 December 2013: VP-62 returns to its home station of NAS Jacksonville following a six-month deployment in the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Area of Responsibility.[25]
  • 31 July 2015: VP-62 is reassigned from the control of the active duty Navy's Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN (CPRW-11) at NAS Jacksonville to the Naval Air Force Reserve's Commander, Maritime Support Wing at NAS North Island, California.[26]
  • 2015: VP-62 is partially mobilized to active duty and forward deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan for six months under Commander, Task Force 72.[27]
  • 2016: With the transition of increasing numbers of Regular Navy P-3C patrol squadrons to the P-8A Poseidon aircraft and delays in the incorporation of the AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor in the P-8A, VP-62 receives several P-3C aircraft from Regular Navy squadrons that have been modified to carry the AN/APS-149 Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS), adding the LSRS mission set to the squadron's multi-mission portfolio.[28]
  • 2017: VP-62 is partially mobilized to active duty and forward deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan for six months under Commander, Task Force 72.[29] This same year, VP-62 surpasses 37 years and 109,000 hours of mishap-free flying.[30]
  • 2018: VP-62 participates in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018, staging from Marine Corps Base Hawaii (former MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii).[31]
  • 2020: VP-62 is partially mobilized to active duty and forward deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan for six months under Commander, Task Force 72.[32]

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Aircraft assignments

The squadron has been assigned the following aircraft, effective on the dates shown:[2]

  • SP-2H - November 1970 - July 1971
  • P-3A - July 1971 - November 1972
  • P-3A DIFAR - November 1972 - May 1979
  • P-3B - May 1979 - November 1983
  • P-3B TAC/NAV MOD - November 1983 - May 1988 (operated during in tandem with P-3C Update III during squadron transition, November 1987 - May 1988)
  • P-3C Update III - November 1987 - 2000 (extant aircraft began modification to AIP standard commencing in 2000)
  • P-3C AIP - 2000 - 2003
  • P-3C BMUP / BMUP+ - 2003 - Present

Home port assignments

The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:[2]

  • NAS Jacksonville, Florida - 1 November 1970 - Present
    • Additional VP-62 Det Atlanta at NAS Atlanta, Georgia - 1 November 1970 - 1 April 1972

See also

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.

  1. ^ OPNAVNOTE 5400 dated 9 July 2015
  2. ^ a b c d Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 3 Patrol Squadron (VP) Histories (1st VP-62 to VP-90). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 326–8. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/Publication-PDF/us-naval-air-reserve.pdf
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  6. ^ https://www.p3orion.nl/ALHR.pdf
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  22. ^ https://www.vpnavy.com/vp62_2010.html
  23. ^ https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20130612/NEWS/801251449
  24. ^ https://www.vpnavy.com/vp62_2010.html
  25. ^ https://www.vpnavy.com/vp62_2010.html
  26. ^ OPNAVNOTE 5400 dated 9 July 2015
  27. ^ https://www.dvidshub.net/news/369221/vp-62-broadarrows-mobilize-7th-fleet-fourth-time-amid-covid-19
  28. ^ https://www.p3orion.nl/p3bmup.pdf
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  30. ^ https://mybaseguide.com/installation/nas-jacksonville/community/patrol-and-reconnaissance-wing-11/
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