 VP-5 History
Circa 1989
A BIT OF HISTORY:   VP-5 History "...The Thule patch was one I got from the "Top of the World Club" in Thule, Greenland AFB during our "Area/Ice-Ex" exercise in 1989..." Contributed by DROUSE, AW2 Edward jedrouse@netzero.net [02JAN2005]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  VP-5 History "...The darts patch was one that came with the DARTS training tapes we use on the A/C to train sensor operators on the ground. (Most by then had never seen a soviet sub in the real world) Circa 1989..." Contributed by DROUSE, AW2 Edward jedrouse@netzero.net [02JAN2005]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  VP-5 History "...The UNITAS patch was from our deployment to South America in the fall of '89. My crew (CAC-8) went to Chile and Peru for 30 days..." Contributed by DROUSE, AW2 Edward jedrouse@netzero.net [02JAN2005]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History - Change-Of-Command - Page 29, 31 and 33 - Naval Aviation News - November-December 1989..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1989/nd89.pdf [22OCT2004]
Circa 1988
A BIT OF HISTORY:  VP-5 History "... The UPDATE III patch was given to us apon our transition to the UPDATE III acoustic package from baseline 2.0 charlies. Circa 1988..." Contributed by DROUSE, AW2 Edward jedrouse@netzero.net [02JAN2005]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History - Change-Of-Command - Page 28 to 30 - Naval Aviation News - September-October 1988..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1988/so88.pdf [21OCT2004]
Circa 1987
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Change-Of-Command - Page 35 - Naval Aviation News - September-October 1987..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1987/so87.pdf [20OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Tracing Squadron Lineage - Page 22 to 26 - Naval Aviation News - January-February 1987..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1987/jf87.pdf [20OCT2004]
Circa 1986
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Change-Of-Command - Page 31 - Naval Aviation News - November-December 1986..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1986/nd86.pdf [19OCT2004]
Circa 1985
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Reserves - Change-Of-Command - Page 27 to 29 - Naval Aviation News - November-December 1985..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1985/nd85.pdf [18OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  VP-5 Logo Contributed by Robert F. Dugger, Jr. YRHMM161@prodigy.net [25FEB2002]
Circa 1984
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...History - Change-Of-Command - Page 37, 38 and 40 - Naval Aviation News - July-August 1984..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1984/ja84.pdf [17OCT2004]
Circa 1983
A BIT OF HISTORY:  P-3 Line-up! "...VP-5, VP-16, VP-24, VP-45, VP-49 and VP-56 P-3 aircraft lined up in NAS Jacksonville, Florida Circa 1986..." Contributed by NICKLAW, Jeffrey aswoc88@gmail.com [07JUN2006]
Circa 1982
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Change-Of-Command - Page 46 - Naval Aviation News - March 1982..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1982/mar82.pdf [15OCT2004]
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Soviet Foxtrot Class SS that VP-5 CAC-10 caught on the surface of the Mediterranean Sea circa 1982. The sub is in the process of blowing tanks before going sinker ..." Bruce REYNOLDS bruzilla@yahoo.com [01OCT98]
Circa 1980
A BIT OF HISTORY:  "...Change-Of-Command - Page 24 - Naval Aviation News - January 1980..." WebSite: http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1980/jan80.pdf [11OCT2004]
"VP-5 History Summary Page"
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