VX-1 no longer operating the P-3C

VX-1, a U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron, bid farewell to its last P-3C submarine hunter on Jul. 20. The aircraft was flown to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

VX-1 P-3C
Photo: U.S. Navy

The unit is the longest continuous operator of the P-3 with the first aircraft – a P-3A – arriving at the squadron in 1963.