VP-9 Orions leave Hawaii – P-8s are planned

THE FINAL three US Navy Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9) P-3Cs have departed Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to complete the unit’s move to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington. The ‘Golden Eagles’ are the last of three patrol squadrons – VP-9, VP-4 and VP-47 – that were based in Hawaii but have been reassigned to Whidbey. As a result of the move, the squadron’s parent Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two is likely to decommission in May. The last US Navy Orions in