Talk:VP-8
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Article Launched
[edit]This article is duly launched.Marcd30319 (talk) 17:06, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
DYK Nominaton
[edit]I nominated this article for Did You Know regarding VP-8 being the first P-3 operational squadron in the U.S. Navy October 1962.Marcd30319 (talk) 15:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
The DYK posting is here.
Genealogy
[edit]"The lineage for Patrol Squadron 8 can be traced to Patrol Squadron 201 (VP-201)" Actually, if I understand Navy regs correctly (not a sure thing), it can't, since USN, unlike AUS, doesn't pass on unit histories when they disband. TREKphiler hit me ♠ 02:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
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