Promptly after transition, VP-19 was a main player in "VALIANT HERITAGE", the largest Pacific Fleet readiness exercise in a decade. From May 1976 until FebruayY 1977, VP-19 conducted split deployment operations out of NAS Adak, Alaska. Alaska Highlights of this deployment included successful "real world" ASW operations, 20 Medical Evacuation ...

As the United States Navy’s first uninhibited maritime patrol squadron, VUP-19 is a team of more than 500 active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel which draws its lineage from and honors the rich history of Patrol Squadron ONE NINE (VP-19) “Big Red” originally established in …

Patrol Squadron 19 (VP-19) was a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy. It was established as Reserve Patrol Squadron VP-907 on 4 July 1946, redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron...

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VPB-19 won a Unit Citation for operating from an open roadstead off Iwo Jima in March 1945, and the first use of JATO in a combat area. We also have an address from the Captain of USS Hamlin (AV-15) dated 18 Feb 45 (the day before the landings at Iwo).

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.

AIRCRAFT: VP-19 P2Y BUNO: 19-P-3 "...Consolidated P2Y-3 - 19-P-3 - NAS Seattle, Washington Neutrol Patrol 1939. These profiles are patrol floatplanes as a tribute to the VP -squadrons and pilots..." Contributed by Paul Imhoff [email protected] [27DEC2015]

Our mission is to employ the baseline MQ-4C Triton aircraft to provide persistent ISR, distributing valuable and time-critical intelligence to Combatant and Fleet Commanders.

Unmanned Patrol Squadron ONE NINE (VUP-19) was established on October 1st 2013 and was later commissioned on October 28th 2016. As the United States Navy’s first...

In late 1943 the Navy got the PV-1, the first aircraft designed specifically for anti-submarine warfare. A long-range bomber, it was capable of patrolling in the mid-Atlantic where convoys of ships had previously been extremely vulnerable to U-boat attacks.