VP-5 fired Harpoon ASM during exercise with Chilean Navy

A team from VP-5 had the opportunity to fire a AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile in South America during a Sink Exercise (SINKEX) with the Chilean Navy.

P-8A Poseidons of VP-16 at NAF Atsugi in 2013
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kegan E. Kay [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The sailors from Combat Air Crew (CAC) 12 were participating in Teamwork South 2017 (TWS-17) – a bi-annual naval exercise hosted by Chile.