Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) (3rd) Detachment

Established as Weather Reconnaissance Squadron THREE (VPW-3) on 17 May 1946. Redesignated Meteorology Squadron THREE (VPM-3) on 15 Nov 1946; Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) THREE (VP-HL-3) on 8 Dec 1947, the second squadron to be assigned the VP-HL-3 designation. Redesignated Patrol Squadron TWENTY THREE (VP-23) (3rd) “Seahawks” on 1 Sep 1948. Disestablished on 28 Feb 1995.

Lockheed P-3C UII Orion

5 Sep 1979–Jan 1980: VP-23 deployed to NAF Keflavik, Iceland, for NATO exercises. A detachment was maintained at the NATO airfield at Bodo, Norway. With the seizure of the American embassy in Iran, a detachment of three Harpoon equipped Orions was sent on 1 Jan 1980 to Diego Garcia.