Aircraft: P-3B

Losses: None

Date In: 1 Aug 1972

Date Out: 14 Jan 1973

Detachment Location: RTNB, U-Tapao, Thailand

In January 1973, Patrol Squadron FORTY returned to NAS Moffett Field after a deployment to MCAS Iwakuni, and was selected as the recipient of two major awards: The Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet's Career Motivation (Golden Anchor) Award, and the Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award for Fiscal Year 1973