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Thursday, August 15, 2013

VP-5 certified ‘Safe for Flight’

P-8A PoseidonThe VP-5 “Mad Foxes” received their certification from Patrol and Reconnais-sance Group Aug. 2 as “Safe for Flight“ in operating the P-8A Poseidon.

This concludes nearly seven months of incredibly hard work by every Mad Fox that began on Jan. 4 with their transition process from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A.

VP-5 has flown the P-3C since 1974. The Mad Foxes history of excellence in the P-3C includes locating pieces of the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, remaining on top of a sinking Soviet Yankee Class submarine, support of Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom – and the first employment of an AGM-65F Maverick Missile from a maritime patrol aircraft during Operation Odyssey Dawn.

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