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Picture of the Day: “Skinny Dragons” of VP-4 Load a AGM-84D Harpoon Missile on a P-8A Poseidon

Sailors assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 use a MHU-83 Munitions Handling Unit to load a AGM-84D Harpoon missile onto a P-8A Poseidon aircraft during a proficiency exercise at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

VP-4 is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Anti-Submarine Warfare missions, as well as providing maritime domain awareness throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

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Sailors assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 use a MHU-83 Munitions Handling Unit to load a AGM-84D Harpoon missile onto a P-8A Poseidon aircraft during a proficiency exercise at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

VP-4 is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Anti-Submarine Warfare missions, as well as providing maritime domain awareness throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan S. Sua

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