‘Pelicans’ complete Sixth Fleet deployment

THE ‘PELICANS’ of Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45) completed a sevenmonth deployment to the US Sixth Fleet area of operations (AOO) as the last P-8A maritime patrol aircraft returned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, on April 8. The squadron had been attached to Commander, Task Force 67 (CTF 67) with a detachment of seven Poseidons and 274 personnel at NAS Sigonella, Italy. The squadron was the first to take the P-8A to Europe. During the deployment, VP-45 conducted 24 detachments