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Right side view of a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, in flight over the Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C. The aircraft is returning from a training mission, and in the process is completing the 100,000th mishap free flight hour and is the first aviation squadron in the Naval Reserve to achieve this significant milestone. This exceptional safety program was compiled over 24 years, one flight at a time, and has been recognized for excellence by the CHIEF of Naval Operations Safety Award on five occasions during this period

A P-3C I Orion aircraft from Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, lands on the north runway at Andrews from a training flight which completes 100,000 mishap free flight hours. This exceptional safety program was compiled over 24 years, one flight at a time, and has been recognized for excellence by the CHIEF of Naval Operations Safety Award on five occasions during this period. VP-68 is the first aviation squadron in the Naval Reserve to achieve this significant milestone

A ground crewman signals a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, to a parking space on the tarmac. The aircraft is returning from a training mission, and in the process is completing the 100,000th mishap free flight hour and is the first aviation squadron in the Naval Reserve to achieve this significant milestone. This exceptional safety program was compiled over 24 years, one flight at a time, and has been recognized for excellence by the CHIEF of Naval Operations Safety Award on five occasions during this period

A ground crewman signals a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, to a parking space on the tarmac. The aircraft is returning from a training mission, and in the process is completing the 100,000th mishap free flight hour and is the first aviation squadron in the Naval Reserve to achieve this significant milestone. This exceptional safety program was compiled over 24 years, one flight at a time, and has been recognized for excellence by the CHIEF of Naval Operations Safety Award on five occasions during this period

CDR. Robert A. Sinbaldi, Jr., executive officer of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, addresses the assembled officers and enlisted men in the hangar of the Naval Reserve squadron upon completion of an historic flight which marked 100,000 mishap free flight hours by the squadron. The mission was flown in a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft. VP-68 is the first aviation squadron in the Naval Reserve to achieve this significant milestone

Aerial right side view of a P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft of Patrol Squadron Forty-Four (VP-44) in flight over New England. The aircraft, bureau #LM-08-160611, is the personal aircraft of the squadron commanding officer, CDR A.M. Harms , as painted on the nose of the aircraft

A left side view of several P-3C Orion aircraft of Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 (PV-68) parked on the flight line

An aerial right side view of the CHIEF of Naval Operations P-3C Orion aircraft in flight over the air station

Right side view of the CHIEF of Naval Operations P-3C Orion aircraft in flight over the air station

Right side view of a P-3C Update I Orion aircraft LW-00 of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68), the Black Hawk (Blackhawk)s, taxing toward the Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C. terminal after completing a training flight which set a new standard of aviation safety for the Naval Reserve by marking 100,000 mishap free flight hours. The squadron was commissioned in 1970 and compiled the safety record over the next 24 years, one flight at a time

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Base: Andrews Air Force Base

State: Maryland (MD)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky

Release Status: Released to Public

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