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Patrol Squadron 28 (VP-28) 
Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VB-108) on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VPB-108) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VP-108) on 15 May 1946; Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) EIGHT (VP-HL-8) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron TWENTY EIGHT (VP28) on 1 Sep 1948, the second squadron to be assigned the VP-28 designation. Disestablished on 1 Oct 1969.

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Catalina, 1945
Consolidated PB4Y-2S Catalina, 1949-1951
Consolidated P4Y-2/2S Privateer, 1951-1952
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, 1952-1959
Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune, 1959-1962
Lockheed P2V-5FS PAR/MOD Neptune, 1962
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, 1962-1964
Lockheed P-3A Orion, 1964-1969

Insignia (2nd) “Hawaiian Warriors” approved by CNO on 18 Nov 1954.

Patrol Squadron 28 (VP-28)

Established as Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VB-108) on 1 Jul 1943. Redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VPB-108) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (VP-108) on 15 May 1946; Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) EIGHT (VP-HL-8) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron TWENTY EIGHT (VP28) on 1 Sep 1948, the second squadron to be assigned the VP-28 designation. Disestablished on 1 Oct 1969.

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Catalina, 1945
Consolidated PB4Y-2S Catalina, 1949-1951
Consolidated P4Y-2/2S Privateer, 1951-1952
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, 1952-1959
Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune, 1959-1962
Lockheed P2V-5FS PAR/MOD Neptune, 1962
Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, 1962-1964
Lockheed P-3A Orion, 1964-1969

Insignia (2nd) “Hawaiian Warriors” approved by CNO on 18 Nov 1954.

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