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 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...

In June of 2024, he assumed the duty as commanding officer of VP-8. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4), Navy and Marine Corps...

The VP-8 “Fighting Tigers” moved to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland in July 1961. After relinquishing the last of its P-2Vs to the U. S. Naval Reserve in October 1962, VP-8 became the fleet's first operational P-3A "Orion" squadron.

Patrol Squadron 8 holds a change of command as they welcome their new Commanding Officer to Cmdr. A.J. Dierks and Executive Officer Cmdr. Derrick Bruce. Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 held a Change of...

February 14, 2021. A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon from VP-8 receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker... - 2021: Issue 1. A BIT OF HISTORY: VP-8 History "...BAHRAIN (Jan. 15, 2021) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday aboard a …

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Following the arrival of the first P3C Update II in January 1982, VP-8 was awarded the Arnold Jay Isbell Award for excellence in Airborne ASW and celebrated 20 years of operations with the P3 Orion..."

Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) was established on 1 September 1942 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia, originally designated as VP-201. The PBM Mariner patrol seaplane squadron deployed to Bermuda in May 1943 to provide antisubmarine coverage for convoys traversing the U-boat-infested Atlantic Ocean, with the squadron making its first attack on a U-boat on ...