Patrol Squadron 11 | |
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Active | 15 May 1952 - 2 August 1997 |
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Type | Squadron |
Role | Maritime patrol |
Part of | United States Navy/Naval Air Forces/Patrol Wing |
Garrison/HQ | Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine |
Nickname(s) | Proud Pegasus |
Aircraft flown | |
Patrol | P4Y-2 Privateer P2V-5/7 SP-2H Neptune P-3B/C Orion |
Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11), nicknamed Proud Pegasus, was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 15 May 1952 and was disestablished on 2 August 1997. [1] It was the fourth squadron to be designated VP-11, the first VP-11 was redesignated VP-54 on 1 October 1937, the second VP-11 was redesignated VP-21 on 1 February 1941 and the third VP-11 was redesignated VPB-11 on 1 October 1944.
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown: [1]
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown: [1]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons .