VPU-2 aircraft routinely fly maritime patrol missions in support of Fleet, Theater, and JTF operations to conduct research and development testing on avionics systems, sensors and equipment...

On March 27, 1996, Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU) 2 was commissioned as a full squadron, led by an operationally screened commanding officer. In March 1999, VPU-2 relocated to Marine...

2021年7月14日 · Where the Navy’s regular patrol and intelligence squadrons report to regional and fleet commanders, VPU-2 reportedly works for national intelligence entities such as the U.S. National Security ...

2020年6月11日 · Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 (VPU-2), which flies modified P-3C Orion maritime patrol reconnaissance aircraft, “will transition to P-8A this summer,” Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, a spokeswoman for commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, said …

2023年12月13日 · A P-8A Poseidon of the secretive VPU-2 squadron has been modified with the addition, among all other things, of the MUOS UHF-band SATCOM dome.

Patrol Squadron Special Projects Unit (VPU) 2 was established on 01 July 1982, and was redesignated to Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU) 2 on 14 April 1998. VPU-2 operates from...

The squadrons will normally co-operate with the US Navy electronic reconnaissance squadrons: VQ-1 at NAS Agana, Guam and VQ-2 at NAS Rota, Spain. Another remarkable fact is that almost all available information is connected with VPU-2. VPU-1: about this squadron not much is known.

2018年10月2日 · The Navy’s sole VPU squadron, VPU-2, operates several specially configured P-3C Orion aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The squadron is scheduled for deactivation in fiscal 2019 in concert with the phase-out of the P-3C from operational active-duty patrol squadrons.

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 …

2011年2月9日 · On two occasions, Petty Officer Melling found problems with VPU-2 aircraft that could have resulted in loss of aircraft and crew. He discovered a spacer from the linkage for the emergency-landing gear lodged in the emergency-release cable.