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	Pacific Fleet (Russia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Soviet years, the Pacific Ocean Fleet was also responsible for the administration and operational direction of the Indian Ocean Squadron and Soviet naval bases hosted by nations in the Indian Ocean rim.
		During the Russian Revolution of 1905, the sailors of the Pacific Fleet were actively engaged in the revolutionary movement, participating in armed revolts in Vladivostok in January 1906 and October 1907.
		During the October Revolution of 1917, the sailors of the Siberian and Amur military flotillas fought for the establishment of Soviet authority in the Far East and against the White Army and interventionists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Pacific_Fleet (975 words)

	Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-161 [HMM-161]
		The squadron deployed August 1951 to Korea and attached to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW).
		The squadron attached Oct. 1, 1958 to the 1st Marine Brigade and attached again Mar. 1, 1959 to MAG 13, 1st Marine Brigade.
		The squadron attached to MAG 15, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade.They relocated during Dec. 1996 to MCAS New River, N.C. and attached to MAG 26, 2d MAW.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/hmm-161.htm (1251 words)

	Squadron History VPB-119 to VD-5
		While allied forces were advancing towards final victory in the Pacific, in the cold and mist-shrouded islands of the Aleutians to the north, American and Canadian aviators continued to fight a war of boredom and isolation, interrupted only by an occasional foray into enemy territory.
		Since the recapture of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians during the summer of 1943, the campaign in the northern pacific consisted of harassing raids on the Kurile Islands, primarily Paramushiro.
		Commissioned as VP-12 in 1941, the squadron was redesignated VPB-120 in October 1944.
	www.alanc.carey.freeservers.com /photo3.html (658 words)

	Fleet
		In 1922, the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets were combined to form the United States Battle Fleet, which positioned a main body of ships in the Pacific, and the Scouting Fleet in the Atlantic.
		Pacific Fleet is the world's largest naval command, extending from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Africa, from the North Pole to the South Pole, encompassing two oceans, six continents, and more than half the surface of the earth.
		Pacific Fleet's heritage dates to 1821 with the establishment of the Pacific Squadron, which initially confined its activities to the waters off South America.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet.htm (688 words)

	Military Organisation and Structure
		RAAF aircraft flying in Malaya, Europe and the Middle East were marked with RAF codes that consisted of a group of three letters, two to identify the squadron and one to identify an individual aircraft.
		Thus, within an individual squadron an aircraft was referred to by the phonetic equivalent of its code letter.
		For example, the Memorial's Lancaster bomber is marked with AR-G. AR was the two letter code for 460 Squadron RAAF and G signified the sixth aircraft in that squadron.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/structure/raaf_codes.htm (238 words)

	Pacific Fleet
		In 1968 he was drafted for two years and became commander of the navigating unit at a minesweeper and decided to stay in the armed forces in 1971.
		He served as commander of a minesweeper, division, chief-of-staff of the naval areas security vessels brigade, commander of a brigade, chief of the operations department and chief-of-staff in the flotilla, head of the Pacific Fleet's mobilization department, commander of the Maritime flotilla, chief-of-staff in the fleet.
		Gavrikov's predecessor, Vice Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, was appointed chief-of-staff of the Pacific Fleet in April 2002" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 10 Jun 02).]
	www.fas.org /irp/world/russia/fbis/PacificFleet.htm (806 words)

	PT Boats, Inc.- PT Boat Squadron - RONs 16-20
		Squadron 16 was awarded the Navy Commendation for action at Mindoro from Dec 15 to 19, 1944.
		PT's 227 and 230 of Squadron 13 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for action at Mindoro from Dec 15 to 19, 1944.
		The squadron was assigned to the South Pacific and saw action at Vella Lavella, Treasury, and Green.
	www.ptboats.org /20-04-05-squadrons-005.html (278 words)

	VF-2 Squadron History
		Squadron markings in the 70's were among the most colourful of all F-14 units.
		Unfortunately the squadron did not have the opportunity to engage any Iraqi targets and had to be content with escort, recon and CAP missions, playing an important part in ensuring the safety of Navy bombers to and from targets.
		Having completed the transition the squadron was assigned to the newly refurbished USS Constellation (CV-64) and as of March 1994 was completing carrier qualifications along with the rest of CVW-2.
	www.topedge.com /alley/squadron/pac/vf2hist.htm (1354 words)

	Navy Times “Squadron in the Spotlight” circa 1987
		In 1950 the Blue Sharks were the first patrol squadron to reach Korea after the outbreak of hostilities and the first to take the P2V Neptune into combat.
		In 1965, the squadron transitioned to the Lockheed P-3A Orion.
		The squadron gained additional fame in 1971 when the Secretary of Defense released a photo VP-6 had made of a Soviet Yankee-class ballistic missile sub, the first-ever photo of such a boat on patrol.
	www.patronsix.com /html/page12788.html (185 words)

	Historical Summary
		In December 1953, the squadron was equipped with the F-86 Sabre.
		On 1 Jul 58, the squadron was renamed the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
		The 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron repeated as the Hughes Trophy winner in 1986 and 1989-the third win in the 1980's thus garnering the title "Fighter Squadron of the Decade." The 67th has continued that tradition into the 1990's by taking 18th Wing Fighter Squadron of the Year honors in 1994, 1996, and 1998.
	dwp.bigplanet.com /67tacftrsq/historicalsummary (995 words)

	VP-6 History - Patrol Squadron Six
		The squadron arrived on 2 October 1946 aboard the aircraft carrier Point Cruz, and was stationed at Naval Air Station NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii.
		Sponsorship of an orphanage in the Iwakuni area was undertaken by the squadron, climaxed by an open house on the base for the children of the orphanage.
		The Squadron was also called upon to support refugee operations flown from NAS Cubi Point and was responsible for the recovery of over 500 refugees.
	www.patronsix.com /html/vp-6_history.html (4363 words)

	VP-4 History
		A new squadron numbering system was also instituted at that time, where the first number designated the patrol wing and the second number designated the squadron within the wing.
		On April 10, 1948 the squadron's administration was moved to Whidbey Island, Washington, the squadron's new homeport, under the command of Fleet Air Wing Four.
		From this base, the squadron flew reconnaissance and ASW coverage to counter the Communist Chinese threat to the islands of Matsu and Quemoy.
	www.vp4association.com /vp4_history.htm (1998 words)

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		After the 2nd Pacific Squadron departed the Baltic on their way to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron at Port Arthur, the Russian Admiralty put together an assortment of older, obsolescent and obsolete warships as the 3rd Pacific Squadron.
		It was dispatched to further strengthen the Russian Force dispatched to the Pacific.
		Admiral Rosthestvenski commander of the 2nd Pacific Squadron categorized this 3rd Pacific Squadron as "self sinkers" and tried to avoid a rendezvous of the 3rd Pacific Squadron with his 2nd Pacific Squadron.
	www.steelnavy.com /04JanMS2.htm (304 words)

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