VP-64 Condors Plaque

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VP-64 Condors Plaque
VP-64 Condors Plaque Recreate your time with VP-64 in this Condors plaque made from solid wood and meticulously painted to mirror the actual paint scheme of their logo. Size: 14 inches. *Our plaques are made from scratch, so we can modify accordingly.   1 Nov 1970: VP-64 was established as a reserve patrol squadron at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, under the operational control of Reserve Patrol Wings, Atlantic. VP-64 was established from previously existing reserve VPs—66W1-W3, 21W4, 26W5 and 23W6—as a result of a major reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve that took place in 1970. The 12 reserve squadrons formed were structured along the lines of regular Navy squadrons with nearly identical organization and manning levels. The concept, known as the 12/2/1 had 12 VP squadrons under two commands, Commander Fleet Air Reserve Wings Atlantic and Commander Fleet Air Reserve Wings Pacific, both under the control of one central authority, Commander Naval Air Reserve. VP-64 was initially equipped with 12 Lockheed SP-2H Neptune aircraft, 60 officers and 323 enlisted personnel. Jun 1973–Jun 1974: The squadron’s first Lockheed P-3A DIFAR Orion arrived. Transition training for aircrews was completed in June 1974. 7 Feb 1977: VP-64 participated in antisubmarine warfare (ASW) operations with CTG 84.3 in the Mediterranean for a period of three days. The squadron’s performance during this period so impressed the task group commander that he nominated the Condors for a Meritorious Unit Commendation, awarded 1 December 1977. Oct 1982–Oct 1983: Crew transition training to the P-3A TAC/NAV MOD airframe was begun and completed in October 1983. The TAC/NAV MOD version replaced the ASN-42 navigation and tactical display systems with the LTN-72 inertial and Omega navigation systems and digital computer. Jan 1987: Perimeter security at NAS Willow Grove was breached by a peace activist group. Several members of the group were able to damage one of the squadron’s aircraft before base security was able to respond. 1990: The Condors traded in their 10 P-3A Orions for eight P-3B TAC/NAV MOD aircraft. The IRDS/HACLS modifications added infrared detection. The completion of these modifications gave squadron aircraft a Harpoon launch capability. The AGM-84A Harpoon missile capability was originally intended specifically for the elimination of Soviet surveillance trawlers in the event of war. Apr–May 1993: The Condors deployed to Nimes, France, in support of joint French-American ASW exercises. A detachment was maintained at RNAS Souda Bay, Crete. Several crews were put on alert status at NAF Sigonella, Sicily, during the period of heightened tensions in the former Yugoslavian Republic in support of UN sanctions. Jan–Mar 1994: VP-64 deployed several detachments to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, in support of Operation Support Democracy. The detachments assisted in supporting UN sanctions against Haiti. Apr 1994: VP-64 began the transition from the P-3B to the P-3C UII. It incorporated the latest in avionics and weapons systems, including a turret-mounted infrared detection device to drop out of the nose to identify targets day or night. Jul–Sep 1995: VP-64 deployed several detachments to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, in support of DoD counter-narcotics patrols in the Caribbean theater. During this period the Condors assisted in the tracking and seizure of narcotics shipments estimated at a street value of .5 billion.
VP-64 Condors Plaque
VP-64 Condors Plaque
Recreate your time with VP-64 in this Condors plaque made from solid wood and meticulously painted to mirror the actual paint scheme of their logo. Size: 14 inches.
*Our plaques are made from scratch, so we can modify accordingly.
1 Nov 1970: VP-64 was established as a reserve patrol squadron at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, under the operational control of Reserve Patrol Wings, Atlantic. VP-64 was established from previously existing reserve VPs—66W1-W3, 21W4, 26W5 and 23W6—as a result of a major reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve that took place in 1970. The 12 reserve squadrons formed were structured along the lines of regular Navy squadrons with nearly identical organization and manning levels. The concept, known as the 12/2/1 had 12 VP squadrons under two commands, Commander Fleet Air Reserve Wings Atlantic and Commander Fleet Air Reserve Wings Pacific, both under the control of one central authority, Commander Naval Air Reserve. VP-64 was initially equipped with 12 Lockheed SP-2H Neptune aircraft, 60 officers and 323 enlisted personnel.
Jun 1973–Jun 1974: The squadron’s first Lockheed P-3A DIFAR
Orion
arrived. Transition training for aircrews was completed in June 1974.
7 Feb 1977: VP-64 participated in antisubmarine warfare (ASW) operations with CTG 84.3 in the Mediterranean for a period of three days. The squadron’s performance during this period so impressed the task group commander that he nominated the
Condors
for a Meritorious Unit Commendation, awarded 1 December 1977.
Oct 1982–Oct 1983: Crew transition training to the P-3A TAC/NAV MOD airframe was begun and completed in October 1983. The TAC/NAV MOD version replaced the ASN-42 navigation and tactical display systems with the LTN-72 inertial and Omega navigation systems and digital computer.
Jan 1987: Perimeter security at NAS Willow Grove was breached by a peace activist group. Several members of the group were able to damage one of the squadron’s aircraft before base security was able to respond.
1990: The
Condors
traded in their 10 P-3A Orions for eight P-3B TAC/NAV MOD aircraft. The IRDS/HACLS modifications added infrared detection. The completion of these modifications gave squadron aircraft a Harpoon launch capability. The AGM-84A Harpoon missile capability was originally intended specifically for the elimination of Soviet surveillance trawlers in the event of war.
Apr–May 1993: The
Condors
deployed to Nimes, France, in support of joint French-American ASW exercises. A detachment was maintained at RNAS Souda Bay, Crete. Several crews were put on alert status at NAF Sigonella, Sicily, during the period of heightened tensions in the former Yugoslavian Republic in support of UN sanctions.
Jan–Mar 1994: VP-64 deployed several detachments to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, in support of Operation Support Democracy. The detachments assisted in supporting UN sanctions against Haiti.
Apr 1994: VP-64 began the transition from the P-3B to the P-3C UII. It incorporated the latest in avionics and weapons systems, including a turret-mounted infrared detection device to drop out of the nose to identify targets day or night.
Jul–Sep 1995: VP-64 deployed several detachments to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, in support of DoD counter-narcotics patrols in the Caribbean theater. During this period the
Condors
assisted in the tracking and seizure of narcotics shipments estimated at a street value of .5 billion.
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