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PATROL SQUADRON 56
(VP-56)DRAGONS
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VP-56 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1956 | - | OCT | 1956 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1956 | - | NOV | 1956 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1961 | - | DEC | 1963 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
APR | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | 6 a/c Rota 5 a/c Keflavik |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | 5 Plane detachment to GITMO Cuba |
OCT | 1964 | - | APR | 1965 | North Atlantic |
MAR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 MAR 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1966 | - | NOV | 1966 | Sigonella Sicily and Souda Bay Crete |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | Last deployment of a P2V sqd. Rota Spain 1967 |
NOV | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | Keflavik Iceland |
MAR | 1973 | - | SEP | 1973 | Iceland |
OCT | 1974 | - | APR | 1975 | Sunny Sig |
JAN | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
OCT | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1977 | - | JUN | 1977 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1978 | - | SEP | 1978 | North Atlantic |
SEP | 1980 | - | FEB | 1981 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1982 | - | AUG | 1982 | bermunda |
JAN | 1983 | - | AUG | 1983 | rota/ lajes |
JUL | 1984 | - | JAN | 1985 | Iceland |
MAR | 1987 | - | JUN | 1991 | UNITAS |