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Patrol Squadron 4 (VP-4) Combat Air Crew 5
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Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR (VB-144) on 1 July 1943. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR (VPB-144) on 1 October 1944. Redesignated Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR (VP-144) on 15 May 1946. Redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR (VP-ML-4) on 15 November 1946. Redesignated Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) on 1 September 1948, the second squadron to be assigned the VP-4 designation.
Lockheed P-3C UIIIR Orion, 1992
The Skinny Dragon design was altered slightly in honor of the squadron’s 50th anniversary in 1993. Approved by CNO on 25 Mar 1993.
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