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Patrol Squadron FIVE is a long-lived maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy. It is the second squadron to bear the VP-5 designation. VP-5 is the second oldest patrol squadron, the fourth o
PBY-2 of VP-17 over Alaska circa 1939
VP-42 PBY 2 Catalina Formation
VB-135 "Blind Foxes"
VB-135 PV-1 1944
Naval Air Station Jacksonville is a large naval air station located approximately eight miles south of the central business district of Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
VP-5
…fourth oldest in the United States Navy, and the 33rd oldest squadron in the United States military. As of 2019, VP-5 is still active and is based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. The squadron was originally established as Patrol Squadron 17-F (VP-17F) on 2 January 1937, redesignated Patrol Squadron 17 (VP-17) on 1…
An aerial view of NAS Jacksonville during 2018
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Captain Charles P. Mason (left) with President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the commissioning ceremony of the station on October 15, 1940.
Aerial view of NAS Jacksonville in the mid-1940s