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Current Service Status
USN Retired
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Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
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Current/Last Primary NEC
AD-8251-P-3 Flight Engineer
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Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Machinist's Mate
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Primary Unit
1992-1994, AMH-8251, Naval Air Station (NAS) Dallas, TX
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Previously Held NEC
AD-0000-Aviation Machinist's Mate
8319-P-3 System Organization Maintenance Technician
AMH-8251-P-3 Flight Engineer
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Service Years
1970 - 1994
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| Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Horned Shellback
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From Month/Year
- / 1982
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To Month/Year
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Unit
VP-67 Golden Hawks Unit Page
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Rank
Petty Officer First Class |
NEC
AMH-8251-P-3 Flight Engineer
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Base, Station or City
MEMPHIS |
State/Country
Tennessee |
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Established as Patrol Squadron SIXTY SEVEN (VP- 67) on 1 November 1970.
Disestablished on 30 September 1994.
The squadron’s first and only insignia was approved
by CNO on 15 October 1971. The design featured a
hawk descending on a surfaced submarine. A lightning
bolt held in the hawk’s claws speared the submarine through its midsection
The squadron nickname and
insignia was inspired by a pair of these magnificent
birds that lived in a park just west of NAS Memphis,
Tenn. They were the supreme predators of the forest
and VP-67 assumed a similar role in antisubmarine
warfare on the high seas. Colors: border, yellow-orange;
background, light blue; hawk, brown and white
feathers; lightning bolt, yellow-orange; submarine,
black; sea, blue.
Nickname: Golden Hawks, 1971–1994 (also unofficially
called the Thunder Chickens).
1 Nov 1970: VP-67 was established at NAS
Memphis, Tenn., as a land-based patrol squadron
flying the SP-2H Neptune. The squadron was formed
in 1970 from the assets of VP-17M1, VP-60M2, and VP-
68M3, which had been based at NAS Olathe, Kans.,
and NAS Memphis, Tenn. The new squadron came
under the operational and administrative control of the
Commander, Naval Air Reserve Forces, Pacific and
Commander, Fleet Air Reserve Wings, Pacific. VP-66
was established as a result of a major reorganization of
Naval Air Reserves that took place in 1970. Under the
Reserve Force Squadron concept 12 land-based Naval
Reserve patrol squadrons were formed and structured
along the lines of regular Navy squadrons with nearly
identical organization and manning levels. The reorganization
plan was known as the 12/2/1 concept. There
were 12 VP squadrons assigned to two major commands,
COMFAIRESWINGLANT and COMFAIRESWINGPAC.
These two major commands came
under the control of one central authority,
Commander Naval Air Reserve.
Jul 1974: The Golden Hawks deployed to Naval Air
Reserve Unit (NARU) Point Mugu, Calif., for two
weeks of intensive ground and air training in SP-2H
operation and maintenance.
1976: Active duty training was performed by the
squadron at NARU Memphis, Tenn., with detachments
at NAS Bermuda and NAS Key West, Fla.
Jul 1977: The squadron’s faithful SP-2H aircraft
were turned in for new P-3A Orion replacements.
While transition training on the P-3A was taking place,
VP-67 was tasked with providing transition training to
Argentine navy pilots whose squadrons were receiving
the SP-2H. Transition training for all of the squadron’s
aircrews was completed by July 1979.
16 Jul–15 Aug 1979: Upon completion of transition
to the P-3A, VP-67 deployed for its ADT to NAS
Whidbey Island, Wash.; NAS Moffett Field, Calif.; and
NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii.
May 1980: The Golden Hawks deployed for the
first time in the P-3A Orion to Kadena AFB, Okinawa.
Numerous ASW exercises were conducted in conjunction
with elements of the 7th Fleet, regular Navy patrol
squadrons, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense
Force. On 15 May 1980, the squadron completed
25,000 accident-free flight hours.
22 Jan 1990: The squadron’s official complement of
aircraft was changed from nine P-3B MOD aircraft to
eight aircraft.
1992: VP-67 conducted split deployments during
1992, with a three crew detachment to NAS Adak,
Alaska, 26 February to 26 March; a two crew detachment
to Goose Bay, Canada, 13 to 21 August; and a
three crew detachment to NAS Adak, Alaska, 24 April
to 26 May. Despite the difficulties in conducting deployments
at such a variety of sites, the squadron
never missed a sortie due to maintenance or bad
weather.
30 Sep 1994: VP-67 was disestablished at NAS
Memphis, Tenn.
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Type
Aviation Fixed Wing
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Parent Unit
Fixed Wing
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Strength
Navy Squadron
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Created/Owned By
Not Specified
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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2007 |
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