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.
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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.