VP-4 is a P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft squadron that conducts anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and humanitarian response.

Patrol Squadron Four (VP-4) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron based at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington, which is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions flying the Boeing P-8 Poseidon.

Patrol Squadron FOUR has a long and distinguished history dating back to pre-World War II. The first squadron designated Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) was established in 1928 and was...

Patrol Squadron FOUR carried out a wide variety of missions ranging from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support missions to the Indian Ocean tsunami victims, to direct support of ground combat operations in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM-AFGHANISTAN.

VP-4 Vision. Develop a learning organization that is self-aware, self-critical, and self-correcting, built upon a foundation of trust, accountability, dependability, and respect, relentlessly...

The VP-4 Association, a dynamic not-for-profit organization, brings together current and former members of the esteemed US Navy Patrol Squadron Four. Our mission is to foster lasting connections among shipmates, promote a deeper understanding of VP aviation whenever opportunities arise, and celebrate the significant contributions VP-4 has made ...

An all-female crew from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 paid homage to women’s heritage by conducting an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance...

A BIT OF HISTORY: VP-4 History "...U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (July 11, 2021) Royal Navy officers pose for a photo with the crew of a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, attached to the Skinny Dragon of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4....

AIRCRAFT: VP-4 P-3 BUNO: XXX775 "...MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 15, 2014) A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft from to the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 conducts a fly-by with the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Cole is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility in support of U.S ...

The first wave of "Skinny" Dragons from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 returned home Thursday, Sept. 1 from a demanding, yet highly successful tri-site deployment.