 VP-47 History
Circa 1979
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History and Change-Of-Command - Page 28 and 30 - Naval Aviation News - December 1979..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/dec79.pdf [10OCT2004]
 
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History and Change-Of-Command - Page 23, 25 and 26 - Naval Aviation News - October 1979..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/oct79.pdf [10OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History - Page 22 and 23 - Naval Aviation News - August 1979..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/aug79.pdf [10OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History - Awards - Page 3, 23, 26 to 27 - Naval Aviation News - May 1979..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1979/may79.pdf [10OCT2004]
Circa 1978
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History and Change-Of-Command - Page 22 and 25 - Naval Aviation News - June 1978..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/jun78.pdf [09OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History and Change-Of-Command - Page 3, 15 and 16 - Naval Aviation News - February 1978..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1978/feb78.pdf [09OCT2004]
Circa 1977
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History And Change-Of-Command - Page 23 - Naval Aviation News - June 1977..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1977/jun77.pdf [08OCT2004]
Circa 1976
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Change-Of-Command - Page 31 - Naval Aviation News - July 1976..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1976/jul76.pdf [06OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...VP-47 - Naval Aviation News - April 1976..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1976/apr76.pdf [05OCT2004]
Circa 1970
A BIT OF HISTORY:  Meritorious Unit Citation "...Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross)..." Official U. S. Navy Records (National Archives and Records Administration) via Fold3 http://www.fold3.com/ [14DEC2012]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...On Patrol - Page 26 - Naval Aviation News - May 1970..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1970/may70.pdf [17SEP2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...On Patrol - Page 24 - Naval Aviation News - April 1970..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1970/apr70.pdf [17SEP2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY: "...Circa 1970...VP-47, as it is known today, came into existence with the commissioning of VPB-27 at NAAS Harvey Point, North Carolina, on the first of June, 1944. Although commissioned in the Atlantic Fleet, all operations of the Squadron have been as part of the Pacific Fleet, with over ten years being spent outside the continental limits of the United States. The Korean conflict held the Squadron in Japan for an extra seven months, after which they moved to their new home as NAS Alameda, California.
In March of 1965, after making several deployments to Alaska, the Squadron moved to NAS Moffett Field, California to transition to the P-3A Orion patrol aircraft. They became the first Pacific Squadron to fly the P-3C operationally..." Contributed by Jan Hartman [23MAY2000]
"VP-47 History Summary Page"
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