VP-40 Deployments

In 1989, VP-40 once again deployed to NAF Kadena, Okinawa. This deployment lasted seven months with the squadron finally returning home in February 1990. The high point of this deployment was PAC-EX '89 which had the "Marlins" utilizing their "coordinated operations" expertise with numerous U.S. surface combatants, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Republic of Korea Navy. Safety was once again the squadron's number one priority as 22 years and 158,000 hours of mishap free flying were celebrated. FORTY's 1990 at-home cycle was an outstanding operational and training period, setting new standards in many areas. In addition to passing 23 years and 163,000 hours of flight without a mishap, "Marlin" crews flew two near-perfect Mining Exercises, while flying a challenging close proximity profile. Crews also refined single-pass rigging techniques during a detachment to Panama in October.

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