Officially Licensed US Navy VP-44 Golden Pelicans Patch Old Buzzards and STOVL aircraft

and STOVL aircraft

and electronic countermeasures missions throughout Vietnam

A tongue-in-cheek salute to the tireless cargo and transport crews whose around-the-clock dedication keeps the Marine Corps' expeditionary forces supplied and mission-ready

Through World War II in the Pacific

forward air control (airborne)

Officially Licensed US Navy VP-44 Golden Pelicans Patch Old Buzzards and STOVL aircraftOfficially Licensed US Navy VP 44 Golden Pelicans Patch Patrol Squadron 44 Golden Pelicans Embroidered Patch The Golden Pelicans VP 44, soaring over the world's oceans with the P 3 Orion, one of the Navy's distinguished maritime patrol squadrons. Patrol Squadron 44 (VP 44), the "Golden Pelicans," was a U. S. Navy maritime patrol squadron that operated the Lockheed P 3 Orion. The Golden Pelicans conducted the full spectrum of maritime patrol and