VP-47 has embarked on its final P-3C deployment before the squadron switches to the P-8A next year. The squadron is split into two supporting the 7th Fleet at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and the 4th Fleet at Comalapa, El Salvador.
By U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Jennifer L. Bailey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
For the transition to P-8A, the unit will shift from Hawaii to NAS Whidbey Island next year.