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Sailors assigned to VP-47 carefully placed a flower lei on the nose of the first squadron P-3C Orion to return home to MCAS Kaneohe, Hawaii, on 5 June, after a six-month deployment supporting operations in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility in Southwest Asia. The squadron was involved in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom by flying surveillance missions over Iraq and Afghanistan. The aircraft and aircrew were forward deployed to Bahrain with a detachment in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The squadron chalked up nearly 3,000 flight hours in combat support during the deployment.
Photo By PM2 Kelton Washington
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