Official VP-40 Marlins Iceland PVC Shoulder Patch HMM-774 Naval Air Station Atlanta provided

Naval Air Station Atlanta provided reserve naval aviation capability in the southeastern United States

Friendship is magic — but so is persistent surveillance

giving Marine commanders a true around-the-clock strike capability

massive rotor systems

Official VP-40 Marlins Iceland PVC Shoulder Patch HMM-774 Naval Air Station Atlanta providedOfficial VP 40 Marlins Iceland PVC Shoulder Patch Cold War Hunters in the North Atlantic When the Navy needed someone to track Soviet submarines through the frigid waters around Iceland, the Fighting Marlins answered the call. Patrol Squadron 40 (VP 40) the 'Fighting Marlins' was commissioned on January 20, 1951, at NAS San Diego, California, and has since become one of the most storied patrol squadrons in naval aviation history. In January 1985, VP