Keywords: US Navy 021022-N-4374S-040 VP-1 conducts reconnaissance missions in the Middle East.jpg en Central Command Area of Operation Oct 22 2002 -- Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator 2nd Class Brian Walker assigned to the Screaming Eagles of Patrol Squadron One VP-1 hooks the leg strap on his SV-2 Survival Vest aboard a P-3C Orion during preparations for an upcoming reconnaissance mission over the Arabian Gulf The P-3C is a land-based long-range anti-submarine warfare ASW and reconnaissance patrol aircraft VP-1 is based in Whidbey Island Wash and is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the Middle East conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg RELEASED 2002-10-22 021022-N-4374S-040 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3064 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy images from Central Command Patrol Squadron 1 United States Navy October 2002 photographs |