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69-448: Currently, there are three Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings in the U.S. Navy Lineage: Patrol Wing 1(1st), Fleet Air Wing 1, Patrol Wing 1(2nd), Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1 . The wing was established as Patrol Wing 1 In San Diego on 1 Oct 1937. It relocated to NAS Kaneohe, Hawaii on 16 October 1941. On 19 September 1942 it relocated to Noumea where on 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing One (FAW-1). In December 1942 it

138-743: A People's Liberation Army Navy J-8II fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China . The accident happened after one of the J-8s, piloted by Lieutenant Commander Wang Wei made two close passes to the EP-3. On the third pass, it collided with the EP-3. The J-8 broke into two pieces. The EP-3 made an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield, due to severe damage, after at least 15 distress signals had gone unanswered. For 15 minutes after landing,

207-461: A " Moffett Federal Airfield " via BRAC action. VP-1 later transferred to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 and relocated to NAS Whidbey Island , Wash. The Rainbow Fleet also was the home of Special Projects Patrol Squadron Two (VPU-2) since 1982. The end of the Cold War , in which NAS Barbers Point figured so heavily, also eventually brought about its closure. Congress accepted the recommendation of

276-596: A Headquarters staff, to function as Commander, Task Force 57 which reported to COMPATRECONFOR 5th/7th Fleet. In 2012 COMFAIRWESTPAC became Commander, Fleet Air Forward. In July 2013 the Rear Admiral commanding COMPATRECONFOR 5th/7th Fleet was replaced with a Captain and at some point after that the COMPATRECONFOR 5th/7th Fleet designation ceased being used and the COMPATRECONWING ONE designation reappeared attached to

345-593: A Meritorious Unit Commendation, Humanitarian Action Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal when in 2003 Operation Frequent Wind was reclassified as the 18th and final campaign of the Vietnam War. CDR John T. Mitchell assumed command of VQ-1 in March 1984. Ten months later, on 23 January 1985, he and eight other VQ-1 personnel were killed when the squadron VIP aircraft was lost at sea en route to Guam from Atsugi. A massive air and sea search and rescue effort failed to locate any trace of

414-590: A heroes' welcome. Within a month of the September 11 attacks the squadron was flying missions over Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom . In 2002, VQ-1 maintained a permanent detachment in Misawa, Japan , in addition to its home base at Whidbey and its presence in the Persian Gulf . Its area of responsibility reaches from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of the United States, roughly two-thirds of

483-545: A key role in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm . In 1994, as a result of the base closure of NAS Agana, VQ-1, the homeport changed to NAS Whidbey Island, USA. In July 1994, VQ-1 retired the Navy's oldest operational P-3, EP-3E Aries I. Its retirement also marked VQ-1's transition to all EP-3E Aries II mission aircraft. On 1 April 2001, an incident occurred when a mid-air collision between an EP-3E of VQ-1 and

552-687: A new Fleet Air Wing at Naval Air Station Moffett Field , California. This second wing to use the Fleet Air Wing 10 designation was disestablished on 30 June 1973. Lineage: Patrol Wing 12, Fleet Air Wing 12. Fleet Air Wing 12 (FAW-12) was established as Patrol Wing 12 at NAS Key West , Florida on 16 September 1942. On 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 12 (FAW-12). On 15 September 1943 it relocated to Naval Air Station Miami, Florida until 1 June 1945 when it transferred back to Key West and disestablished on 14 July 1945. Lineage: Patrol Wing 14, Fleet Air Wing 14. Fleet Air Wing 14 (FAW-14)

621-579: A protected deepwater harbour that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. At the September 2019 census, there were 182,341 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa ( French : agglomération du Grand Nouméa ), 94,285 of whom lived in the city ( commune ) of Nouméa proper. 67.2% of the population of New Caledonia lives in Greater Nouméa, which covers the communes of Nouméa, Le Mont-Dore , Dumbéa and Païta . The first European to establish

690-472: A settlement in the vicinity was British trader James Paddon in 1851. Eager to assert control of the island, the French established a settlement nearby three years later in 1854, moving from Balade in the north of the island . This settlement was initially called Port-de-France and was renamed Nouméa in 1866. The area served first as a penal colony , later as a centre for the exportation of the nickel and gold that

759-543: Is also the largest francophone city in Oceania . It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre , and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian ( Wallisians , Futunians , Tahitians ), Indonesian , and Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians , Ni-Vanuatu and Kanaks who work in one of the South Pacific 's most industrialised cities. The city lies on

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828-524: Is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 June 1955. Its role is aerial reconnaissance and signals intelligence . The squadron is nicknamed the "World Watchers" and is based at NAS Whidbey Island , flying Lockheed EP-3E Aries II aircraft. The lineage of VQ-1's "World Watchers" can be traced back to two PBY-5A Catalina "Black Cats" modified for electronic reconnaissance during World War II . The unit formally established as

897-478: Is in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Neighbourhoods of Nouméa include: Nouméa features a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen : Aw ) with hot summers and warm winters. Temperatures are warmer in the months of January, February and March with average highs hovering around 30 degrees Celsius and cooler during the months of July and August where average high temperatures are around 23 degrees Celsius. The capital's dry season months are September and October. The rest of

966-471: Is not currently a major tourist destination, Nouméa has experienced a construction boom in the 21st century. The installation of amenities has kept pace and the municipality boasts a public works programme. The mayor of Noumea is Sonia Lagarde ; in 2020 her re-election was opposed by the former leader of the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CPME), Cherifa Linossier , whose unsuccessful campaign

1035-532: The Korean War . On 1 December 1950 the wing relocated to NAS Atsugi, Japan. It relocated to NAS Alameda, California during the 3rd quarter of 1952. In January 1955 the wing transferred back to Japan, this time to NAF Iwakuni where it was ultimately disestablished on 1 July 1972. Lineage: Patrol Wing Support Force, Patrol Wing 7, Fleet Air Wing 7. Fleet Air Wing 7 (FAW-7) was established as Patrol Wing Support Force at NAF Argentia, Newfoundland on 1 March 1941. It

1104-469: The Navy Reserve 's VP-92 . With the decision to close NAS Brunswick, VP-8, VP-10, VP-26 and VPU-1 were transferred to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Eleven at NAS Jacksonville , Florida.a, VP-11, VP-23 and VP-44 having been previously disestablished during the Navy's post-Cold War drawdown of the mid-1990s which eliminated 50% of the Navy's active duty patrol squadrons. VP-92 was disestablished in 20 when

1173-514: The Philippines . Unable to locate land, the crew was forced to bail out at the fuel exhaustion point. The entire crew was picked up by a helicopter from the Japanese destroyer Haruna . In 1971, VQ-1 moved its homeport to NAS Agana , Guam, while retaining a permanent detachment at Atsugi, Japan. At that time it absorbed Heavy Photographic Squadron 61 (VAP-61) and its former parent unit, VW-1. At

1242-546: The 1960s and 1970s, VP-28 was disestablished in the 1970s and VP-6 , VP-17 , and VP-22 were disestablished by the mid-1990s, leaving only VP-1 and VP-4 . During the mid-1990s, however, two squadrons, VP-9 and VP-47, transferred to the Rainbow Fleet from NAS Moffett Field , Calif., when Moffett Field was disestablished as a USN installation and transferred to NASA and the California Air National Guard as

1311-507: The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) that NAS Barbers Point be closed and as part of that a closure, on 8 June 1993 Patrol Wing TWO was disestablished. After the disestablishment of Patrol Wing 2, its role was assumed by the staff of Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces, US Pacific Fleet (formerly Commander, Patrol Wings, Pacific) and the wings former squadrons ( VP-4 , VP-9 , VP-47 and VPU-2 ) along with HSL-37 all moved from NAS Barber's Point upon its closure to what

1380-453: The Commander from Captain to that of Rear Admiral. At that time the wing ceased being called Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1 (COMPATRECONWING ONE) and it became Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 5th Fleet and Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Force 7th Fleet (COMPATRECONFOR 5TH/7TH Fleet), it also retained the titles Commander, Task Force 72 and Commander Task Force 57. It

1449-870: The Commander, Task Force 72 and Commander, Fleet Air Forward Designations. Lineage: Patrol Wing 10(2nd), Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 . Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten is located at NAS Whidbey Island , Washington. It was established at NAS Moffett Field , California as Patrol Wing Ten (the third Wing to use either the Patrol Wing or Fleet Air Wing Ten designation) on 1 June 1981. The wing relocated to NAS Whidbey Island on 1 July 1994. Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 consisted of VP-1 , VP-4 , VP-9 , VP-40 , VP-46 , VP-47 , VQ-1 and VPU-2 in mid-2016. VP-9 and VP-47 were transferred to Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces, US Pacific Fleet (formerly Commander, Patrol Wings, Pacific) in Hawaii in 1994. They returned to

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1518-437: The EP-3 crew continued to destroy sensitive items and data on board the aircraft, as per Department of Defense protocol. They disembarked from the aircraft after soldiers looked through windows, pointed guns, and shouted through bullhorns. The crew of the EP-3 was released on 11 April 2001, and returned to their base at Whidbey Island via Honolulu, Hawaii , where they were subject to two days of intense debriefings, followed by

1587-415: The Fleet Air Wing 6 (FAW-6) designation was established at NAS Seattle, Washington on 2 November 1942. It relocated to NAS Whidbey Island, Washington on 29 December 1942 and was disestablished there on 1 December 1945. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 6(2nd). On 4 August 1950 the Fleet Air Wing 6 designation was used again to establish a new Fleet Air Wing at NAS Yokosuka, Japan to conduct operations in support of

1656-505: The Greater Nouméa urban area: The places of birth of the 179,509 residents in the Greater Nouméa urban area at the 2014 census were the following: The self-reported ethnic communities of the 182,341 residents in the Greater Nouméa urban area at the 2019 census were as follows: At the 2009 census, 98.7% of the population in the Greater Nouméa urban area whose age was 15 years and older reported that they could speak French . 97.1% reported that they could also read and write it. Only 1.3% of

1725-539: The Mediterranean and Gibraltar Strait Area. On 10 June 1945 it returned to NAS Norfolk where it was disestablished on 28 July 1945. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 16. Fleet Air Wing 16 (FAW-16) was established at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia on 16 February 1943 then relocated to Natal, Brazil on 14 April 1943. On 20 July 1943 it relocated to Recife, Brazil where it was ultimately disestablished on 27 June 1945. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 17. Fleet Air Wing 17 (FAW-17)

1794-478: The Naval Reserve reduced the total number of patrol squadrons from ts thirteve to ons. VP-92 had previously been assigned to Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic (RESPATWINGLANT), but was transferred to COMPATRECONWING FIVE following RESPATWINGLANT's inactivation a closure of om NAS South Weymouth , Massachusetts due to an earlier BRAC decision in the mid-1990s. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 6(1st) . The first wing to use

1863-765: The Navy's post-Cold War drawdown in the mid-1990s, and VPU-1 , which was later merged into VPU-2 in 2012. Although not part of the wing, VP-30 , the combined P-8A , P-3C and EP-3E Aries Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet and the United States Navy Reserve's VP-62 operating the P-3C Orion which is assigned to the Navy Reserve's "Maritime Support Wing", are also located at NAS Jacksonville. Lineage: Patrol Wing 2(1st), Fleet Air Wing 2, Patrol Wing 2(2nd) . Patrol Wing Two

1932-569: The Special Electronic Search Project at NAS Sangley Point , in October 1951. By 13 May 1953, when it was redesignated Detachment Able of Airborne Early Warning Squadron One (VW-1), the unit operated four P4M-1Q Mercators . When Detachment Able was reorganized into Electronic Countermeasures Squadron One (VQ-1) at Iwakuni, Japan on 1 June 1955, it was the first squadron dedicated to electronic warfare. The EA-3 Skywarrior served

2001-449: The United States after experiencing the relative friendliness of American soldiers and also with the names of several of the quarters in Nouméa. Districts such as "Receiving" and "Robinson", or even "Motor Pool", strike the anglophone ear strangely, until the historical context becomes clear. The city is situated on an irregular, hilly peninsula near the southeast end of New Caledonia, which

2070-441: The United States and was disestablished at NAS Norfolk on 4 August 1945. Lineage:Patrol Wing 8, Fleet Air Wing 8(1st) . The first wing to use the Fleet Air Wing 8 (FAW-8) designation was established as Patrol Wing 8 at Naval Air Facility Breezy Point, Norfolk, VA on 8 July 1941. On 15 December 1941 it relocated to NAS Alameda, California where it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 8 (FAW-8) (the first wing to use that designation). It

2139-526: The Université de la Polynésie française were formed. UNC welcomes around 3,000 local and international students and 100 professors and researchers each year. The Bibliothèque Bernheim (Bernheim Library) is located in Nouméa. The city is home to several museums , including the Maritime Museum of New Caledonia . Nouméa is twinned with: VQ-1 Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1)

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2208-655: The VA-3B or its crew and passengers. They were presumed killed or lost at sea. After the departure of the last Skywarrior in the late 1989, the squadron flew the EP-3 Aries I exclusively. In 1991 the squadron closed its permanent detachment in Atsugi, Japan after 30 years and moved it to Misawa, Japan . In the same year, VQ-1 received the first EP-3E Aries II, an upgraded version of the Aries I using modified P-3C airframes. The squadron played

2277-549: The Vietnam Combat Zone with supporting maintenance, intelligence and operations personnel temporarily located at the VQ-1 Detachment at NAS Cubi Point. Given a specific list of criteria, VQ-1 personnel made the first call to recommend the start of Operation Frequent Wind. Those squadron aircrew members directly involved in the flight operations were recognized as serving in the Vietnam Combat Zone and were eventually awarded

2346-682: The Vietnam War started characteristically, at the very beginning when a Skywarrior crew was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for their role in the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 2–5 August 1964. For the next nine years, VQ-1 would operate from Da Nang , NAS Cubi Point , Bangkok , and aircraft carriers on patrol in Yankee Station and other bases in Southeast Asia . VQ-1's aircrews supported countless air strikes and are credited with assisting in

2415-449: The destruction of numerous MiG aircraft and Komar patrol boats . 15 April 1969, an EC-121M Warning Star of VQ-1 on a reconnaissance mission was shot down by North Korean MiG-21 aircraft over the Sea of Japan . All 31 Americans (30 Sailors and 1 Marine) on board were killed, which constitutes the largest single loss of U.S. aircrew during the Cold War era. The first EP-3 Aries I joined

2484-494: The end of U.S. combat operations in Vietnam in 1973 VQ-1 began a move back to providing open ocean tactical electronic support to Seventh Fleet carrier battle groups . In April 1975, two VQ-1 EP-3E aircraft and three aircrews were tasked and deployed to NAS Cubi Point, Philippines, in support of the pending evacuation of Vietnam as part of CTF 72. VQ-1 was assigned the responsibility of providing 24-hour-a-day overlapping coverage in

2553-512: The northern and western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf . These squadrons tracked Soviet submarines patrolling off the western coast of the United States and supported operations in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and most recently the NATO air campaign over Kosovo. On 30 Jun 1973, Fleet Air Wings were redesignated Patrol Wings and the wing once again became Patrol Wing 2. Of the squadrons present during

2622-464: The population whose age was 15 years and older had no knowledge of French. At the same census, 20.8% of the population of the urban area 15 years and older reported that they could speak at least one of the Kanak languages . 4.3% reported that they could understand a Kanak language but not speak it. 74.9% of the population whose age was 15 years and older had no knowledge of any Kanak language. Although it

2691-404: The same role for 5th Fleet as CTF-57. On 1 June 1999 all Pacific Fleet Patrol Wings were redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings and the wing became Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ONE. Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1 continued operations from Kamiseya as Commander Task Force 72 for 7th Fleet, and Commander Task Force 57 for 5th Fleet until September 2003 when the Navy elevated the rank of

2760-484: The squadron for the next three decades. In 1960, not only was VQ-1 moved to Atsugi, Japan , and redesignated Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE, but the last Mercator was retired and replaced by the first of many WV-2Q Super Constellations (also known as "Willie Victor"). They would remain the backbone of VQ-1's long-range, land-based reconnaissance efforts through the Vietnam War . The squadron's involvement in

2829-468: The squadron in 1969, beginning the replacement program for the Super Constellations. On 16 March 1970, a squadron EC-121K #145927 crashed on landing at Da Nang Air Base . The aircraft struck a hangar and caught fire killing 22 of the 28-man crew. The next aircraft lost by VQ-1 was in September 1973 when an EA-3B, with five crewmen, was on an overwater navigational training flight from Guam to

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2898-618: The war as the base for a new regional intergovernmental development organisation: the South Pacific Commission, later known as the Secretariat of the Pacific Community , and later still as the Pacific Community. The city maintains much of New Caledonia's unique mix of French and old Melanesian culture. Even today the United States wartime military influence lingers, both with the warmth that many New Caledonian people feel towards

2967-453: The wing in 2016 and 2017 when PATRECONWING, PACFLT/PATRECONWING TWO was disestablished. The wing's former squadrons included VP-19 and VP-48 , which were inactivated during the Navy's post-Cold War drawdown in the mid-1990s; and VQ-2 , which was merged into VQ-1 in 2012. Although not part of the wing, the Navy Reserve's VP-69 which is part of the Navy Reserve's "Maritime Support Wing" is also located at NAS Whidbey Island. Also not part of

3036-552: The wing once again became Patrol Wing ELEVEN. On 26 March 1999 all Atlantic Fleet Patrol Wings were redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings and the wing became Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN. The wing includes VP-5 , VP-8 , VP-10 , VP-16 , VP-26 , and VP-45 operating the P-8A Poseidon and VUP-19 operating the MQ-4C Triton . The wing previously included VP-24 , VP-49 and VP-56 , which were disestablished during

3105-470: The wing once again became Patrol Wing ONE. A month later it relocated to Naval Support Facility Kamiseya , Japan where it assumed the role of a headquarters staff, with no squadrons permanently assigned which exercised operational control of VP squadrons deployed to 7th Fleet as Commander, Task Force 72. In 1995 when U.S. Fifth Fleet was established to conduct operations in the Middle East, PATWING ONE assumed

3174-535: The wing, VP-31 , the Pacific Fleet Replacement Squadron (training unit) for the P-3B, P-3C and EP-3E, was also located at NAS Moffett Field. VP-31 was disestablished before NAS Moffett Field closed on 31 July 1994. Lineage: Patrol Wing 11(1st), Fleet Air Wing 11, Patrol Wing 11(2nd), Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11 . Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN is located at NAS Jacksonville , Florida. It

3243-591: The winter of 1943–44, the burden of operations against the Kuriles was carried by Navy Consolidated PBY Catalinas and Lockheed Ventura of Fleet Air Wing Four. They carried small bomb loads and their primary objective was the securing of nighttime reconnaissance photographs. On 17 April 1949 the wing relocated to NAS Whidbey Island, Washington and became dual hatted with Commander Fleet Air (COMFAIR) Seattle with additional duty as FAW-4 in May 1949. On 15 February 1954 COMFAIR Seattle

3312-420: The year is noticeably wetter. Nouméa on average receives roughly 1,100 mm (43 in) of precipitation annually. The Greater Nouméa urban area (French: agglomération du Grand Nouméa ) had a total population of 182,341 inhabitants at the September 2019 census, 94,285 of whom lived in the commune of Nouméa proper. The Greater Nouméa urban area is made up of four communes: Average population growth of

3381-569: Was also dual hatted as Commander, Fleet Air Western Pacific (COMFAIRWESTPAC). At that time it relocated to Naval Air Facility Misawa which is located aboard Misawa Air Base in Northern Japan. In 2010 part of the COMPATRECONFOR 5th/7th Fleet staff (to include the Commander) was relocated to NAF Atsugi, while the remainder of the staff remained in Misawa. In 2011 the 5th Fleet stood up COMPATRECONWING 57,

3450-442: Was based on local economic revitalisation. Aircalin , the international airline of New Caledonia, and Air Calédonie (Aircal), the domestic airline, have their headquarters in the city. Aircal's headquarters are on the grounds of Nouméa Magenta Airport , which serves local routes. Nouméa's international airport is La Tontouta International Airport , 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the city. The Nouméa-Païta railway , which

3519-537: Was closed and Patrol Wing TWO was disestablished in 1993. Those squadrons were VP-4 , VP-9 , VP-47 , and VPU-2 . Though the new wing assumed the disestablished Patrol Wing TWO's insignia and traditions in honor of the distinguished history of that wing it was a new wing, not a redesignation of Patrol Wing TWO. Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO was disestablished effective 1 May 2017 and its squadrons were all realigned under Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TEN. Lineage: Patrol Wing 3, Fleet Air Wing 3 . Fleet Air Wing 3

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3588-467: Was disestablished on 2 January 1946 in Japan. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 18. Fleet Air Wing 18 (FAW-18) was established at Naval Station Agana, Guam on 5 May 1945, to NAF Tinian on 25 May 1945 and disestablished there on 30 June 1947. Noumea Nouméa ( French pronunciation: [numea] ) is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and

3657-610: Was disestablished there on 3 July 1946 Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 8(2nd). On 1 July 1965 the Fleet Air Wing 8 designation was used again to establish a new Fleet Air Wing at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California. This second wing to use the Fleet Air Wing 8 designation was disestablished on 1 August 1972. Lineage: Patrol Wing 9, Fleet Air Wing 9. Fleet Air Wing 9 (FAW-9) was established as Patrol Wing 9 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia in April 1942. On 1 May 1942 it relocated to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island where on 1 November of that year it

3726-501: Was established as Patrol Wing 11 on 15 August 1942 at Naval Air Station Norfolk but five days later it relocated to NAS Isla Grande , Puerto Rico, where on 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing-11. In April 1959 the wing relocated to NAS Jacksonville. The wing received control of VP-56 in 1971 and VP-24 and VP-49 following their relocation from NAS Patuxent River , Maryland to NAS Jacksonville. On 30 June 1973 still existing Fleet Air Wings were redesignated Patrol Wings and

3795-523: Was established as Patrol Wing 14 at NAS San Diego, California on 15 October 1942. On 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 14 (FAW-14). In June 1963 it also became Commander Fleet Air (COMFAIR) San Diego and was known as COMFAIR San Diego/FAW-14. It was disestablished in 1969. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 15. Fleet Air Wing 15 (FAW-15) was established at NAS Norfolk, Virginia on 1 December 1942 then relocated to NAF Port Lyautey , French Morocco on 10 January 1943 to direct patrol plane operations in

3864-492: Was established as Patrol Wing 3 at FAB Coco Solo, Panama on 1 October 1937. On 1 November 1942 it was redesigned Fleet Air Wing 3 (FAW-3). It participated Operation Strikeback in the Atlantic. On 1 July 1950 it was relocated to NAS Quonset Point , Rhode Island and in mid-1957 it was relocated to NAS Brunswick, Maine. Fleet Air Wing-3 was disestablished on 30 June 1971. Lineage: Patrol Wing 4, Fleet Air Wing 4 . Fleet Air Wing 4

3933-475: Was established as Patrol Wing 4 at FAB Seattle, Washington (NAS Sand Point, Washington) on 1 October 1937. On 27 May it relocated to NAS Kodiak, Alaska where on 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 4 (FAW-4). On 15 March 1943 it relocated to NAS Adak, Alaska then on 26 April 1944 to NAF Attu, Aleutian Islands. The wing fought in the Aleutian Islands campaign alongside Eleventh Air Force . During

4002-515: Was established at Brisbane, Australia on 15 September 1943. On 31 December 1943 it relocated to the island of Samari, Papua, New Guinea then to Manus, Admiralty Islands on 27 July 1944. On 9 September 1944 it relocated to Woendi, Schouten Islands, then to Morotai, N.E.I on 19 October 1944. On 30 December 1944 it relocated to Leyte Gulf, Philippines, then on 28 January 1945 to Lingayen Gulf, Philippines and based aboard USS Tangier (AV 8). On 26 February 1945 it relocated to Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines. It

4071-442: Was established at FAB Pearl Harbor on 1 October 1937. On 15 September 1942 it relocated to NAS Kaneohe Bay, where on 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 2 (FAW-2). The wing remained at NAS Kaneohe Bay until 1949 when it relocated to NAS Barbers Point on 30 June of that year. Since the 1950s Barbers Point was most famous for its "Rainbow Fleet"—the patrol squadrons that routinely deployed with P-2 and later P-3 aircraft to

4140-567: Was mined nearby. From 1904 to 1940, Nouméa was linked to Dumbéa and Païta by the Nouméa-Païta railway , the only railway line that ever existed in New Caledonia. During World War II, the United States Navy built Naval Base Noumea and Nouméa served as the headquarters of the United States military in the South Pacific. The five-sided U.S. military headquarters complex was adopted after

4209-469: Was redesignated COMFAIR Whidbey and FAW-4 (dual hatted). Fleet Air Wing 4 was disestablished on 15 March 1970. Lineage: Patrol Wing 5(1st), Fleet Air Wing 5, Patrol Wing 5(2nd), Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 5 . Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 5 was established as Patrol Wing 5 at FAB Norfolk on 1 October 1937. It was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 5 (FAW-5) on 1 November 1942 relocating to NAS Brunswick , Maine on 30 June 1971. On 1 July 1973 Fleet Air Wing 5

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4278-409: Was redesignated Commander, Patrol Wings Atlantic (COMPATWINGSLA/PATWING FIVENTd). On 1 July 197e COMPATWINGSLAN became a separate Headquarters.5. On 26 March 1999 all Atlantic Fleet Patrol Wings were redesignated Patrol and Reconnaissance Wings and Patrol Wing 5 became Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 5. During the wing's existence it included VP-8 , VP-10 , VP-11 , VP-23 , VP-26 , VP-44 , VPU-1 and

4347-462: Was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 10 (FAW-10) (first use of the Fleet Air Wing 10 designation). On 17 October 1944 it relocated to Los Negros, Admiralty Islands. On 17 October 1944 it relocated back to the Philippines where it was ultimately disestablished on 1 June 1947 at NAB Sangley Point. Lineage: Fleet Air Wing 10(2nd). On 29 June 1963 the Fleet Air Wing 10 designation was used again to establish

4416-555: Was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 9 (FAW-9). On 24 August 1943 it relocated to NAS New York where it was disestablished on 19 July 1945. Lineage:Patrol Wing 10(1st), Fleet Air Wing 10(1st) . The first wing to use the Patrol Wing 10 designation was established as Patrol Wing 10 at Naval Station Cavite , Philippines in December 1940. It relocated to Ambon on 28 December 1941 and to Soerabaja on 15 January 1942. On 7 March it relocated to Crawley, Western Australia where on 1 November 1942 it

4485-457: Was redesignated Patrol Wing 7 there on 1 July 1941. On 15 December 1941 it relocated to NAF Keflavik, Iceland and then to NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 20 February 1942. On 15 May it relocated back to NAF Argentina where on 1 November 1942 it was redesignated Fleet Air Wing 7 (FAW-7). On 21 August 1943 it relocated to Plymouth, England then to NAS Dunkeswell, England on 10 July 1945. On 14 July 1945 it embarked USS Albemarle (AV 5) for return to

4554-679: Was relocated to Espiritu Santo ; and in March 1943 to Guadalcanal, and in February 1944 to Munda. In July 1944 it was relocated back to Espiritu Santo , and on 11 September 1944 to the Schouten Islands aboard USS  Hamlin  (AV-15) . On 15 October 1944 the wing was relocated to Ulithi , and on 30 December 1944 relocated to Saipan . On 19 February 1945 it was relocated to Iwo Jima during invasion operations aboard Hamlin (AV 15); on 10 March 1945 it relocated to NAF Agana, Guam; and on 26 March 1945 to Kerama Rhetto aboard Hamlin. On 14 July 1945 it

4623-594: Was relocated to NAF Chimu Wan , Okinawa. On 16 July 1950 Fleet Air Wing One was relocated to Naval Air Station Agana , Guam, then to NAF Naha , Okinawa. During this period it conducted operations in the Korean War . In the 3rd Quarter 1952 was relocated to NAS San Diego , Calif. In the 4th Quarter 1954 returned to NAF Naha, Okinawa. In mid-1958 it relocated to Buckner Bay , Okinawa, aboard assigned flagship. In mid-1965 it again returned to NAF Naha, Okinawa where on 30 June 1973 Fleet Air Wings were redesigned Patrol Wings and

4692-550: Was the only railway line that ever existed in New Caledonia, was closed in 1940. The University of New Caledonia (UNC) dates to 1987 when the Université française du Pacifique (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and the other in New Caledonia. In 1997 the decision was made to split the two parts into separate universities and so in 1999 the Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie and

4761-474: Was then Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay , now Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay , part of Marine Corps Base Hawaii , located on the windward side of Oahu. Lineage: Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2 . In October 2003, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO was established at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay to assume control over the former Patrol Wing TWO squadrons which had been moved there from Naval Air Station Barbers Point when that Air Station

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