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WESTPAC area of operations. Bases we flew from are arrowed/circled. Counterclockwise from center bottom: Cubi Point, Philipines; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa; Misawa Air Base, Japan; Guam, Marianas Islands. Main operations were conducted in the South China Sea, East China Sea (not labelled, but east of Shanghai), Sea of Japan, and the Philippine Sea. We also deployed to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on occasion. Apple Map.
Deployments of VP-65 to the Western Pacific during my tenure:
1980 Guam, Marianas Islands
1981 Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan
1982 NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Phiipines
1983 NAS Cubi Point
1984 Misawa Air Base, Japan
For each deployment, we would take over patrol missions from active duty forces, usually for a month. The squadron was split into two sections, each taking a two week period.
Dropping Now, Now, Now… An introduction to air antisubmarine warfare
Subtime Practicing against US subs
1983 Cubi Point Cubi was at the focus of nval activity at this time
Off to Dodge Mission to Diego Garcia
PT 27 Tracking a Soviet diesel submarine in the East Chiina Sea
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