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PATROL SQUADRON 50
(VP-50)BLUE DRAGONS
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VP-50 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1953 | - | NOV | 1953 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1954 | - | FEB | 1955 | VP-50 West Pac 1954-55 |
| AUG | 1954 | - | FEB | 1955 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1958 | - | FEB | 1959 | WESTPAC 1958-1959 |
| MAR | 1960 | - | JAN | 1963 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1965 | - | MAR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | Crew 13 Crashed and all perished |
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | First P3 Orion Deployment |
| JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1970 | - | APR | 1971 | Deployed to NAF Sangley Point Philippines and TDY Cam Rahn Bay V |
| MAY | 1971 | - | NOV | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1971 | - | MAY | 1972 | Tri Site Deployment Adak Guam Moffett |
| JUN | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | Tri Site Deployment Adak-Guam-Moffett |
| JAN | 1974 | - | JUL | 1975 | Alaska |
| JAN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Tri Site Deployment Adak-Guam-Moffett |
| AUG | 1976 | - | FEB | 1977 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1981 | - | DEC | 1981 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| DEC | 1983 | - | JUN | 1984 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1985 | - | DEC | 1985 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1987 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1987 | - | JUL | 1987 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | West Pac |
| NOV | 1989 | - | MAY | 1990 | West Pac |
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