‘Screaming Eagles’ P-3 with ‘retro’ badge

North America A RECENT visitor to RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, was P-3C BuNo 161587 of Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, and using the callsign ‘VVQE587’. The aircraft wears an unusual badge on the tail, representing one of the squadron’s antecedents, Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) 128 that was active in World War Two. It is thought the aircraft was on its way home after a deployment in the Middle East. VP-1 recently deployed to Shaikh