What people are saying

Several media outlets have picked up stories about the returning Skinny Dragons including a local news channel story (available here) which focused on a unique program used by one of the Skinny Dragons.

Each of these stories helped the returning squadron appreciate just how big of a deal their sacrifice has been to the folks at home.

Skinny Dragons get a surprise in Whidbey Island, Washington

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington is very close to the Boeing facility which is building the P-8A aircraft, the replacement for the venerable P-3 which VP-4 currently flies. On the day that the Skinny Dragon P-3 passed thru, the second P-8 to be produced did a few approaches at NAS Whidbey. One of those passes was caught on film in these exclusive photos.

P-3 Time Update

The P-3 will arrive at 5:00pm on its final leg of travel to hangar 104.

Updated time for Airlift #3

The arrival time for the final airlift has been moved from 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM on Sunday, June 7th.

P-3 Homecoming

The P-3 bringing one of the last Skinny Dragon crews will be arriving at hanger 104 at 5:30 PM.

Update to remaining flights

The arrival of the final Skinny Dragons will be at hanger 105.  The P-3 is scheduled to arrive at 5:30 PM, Saturday, June 6th, and the third airlift is scheduled to arrive at 7:00 AM, Sunday, June 7th.  

Lift Delays

Unfortunately, all three remaining flights have been delayed as follows:

The Cargo Airlift was supposed to arrive at 9:00 PM, Monday, June 1st is now scheduled to arrive 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 2nd.

The Third Airlift and the P-3 were supposed to arrive at 5:30 PM, Thursday, June 4th and are now scheduled to arrive 3:10 PM, Saturday, June 6th.

All of these flights are arriving at KANEOHE.

There are different reasons for each of the delays, but the bottom line is that the squadron is working very hard to get your Skinny Dragons back to you. Please stay tuned here or call the VP-4 Duty Office at 257-0612 x7138 or x7087 if you have any questions about the remaining flights.