Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5)

Established as Patrol Squadron SEVENTEEN-F (VP-17F) on 2 Jan 1937. Redesignated Patrol Squadron SEVENTEEN (VP-17) on 1 Oct 1937; Patrol Squadron FORTY TWO (VP-42) on 1 Jul 1939; Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (VB-135) on 15 Feb 1943; Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (VPB-135) on 1 Oct 1944; Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (VP-135) on 15 May 1946; Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) FIVE (VP-ML-5) on 15 Nov 1946; Patrol Squadron FIVE (VP-5) on 1 Sep 1948, the second squadron to be assigned the VP-5 designation.

Lockheed P2V-1/3/5/SP-2E Neptune, 1948-1966
Lockheed P-3A Orion, 1966-1971
Lockheed P-3A (DIFAR) Orion, 1971
Lockheed P-3C Orion, 1974-1989
Lockheed P-3C UIIIR Orion, 1989-2013
Boeing P-8A Poseidon, 2013-.

Insignia (2nd) “Mad Foxes” used after 1948.