Keywords: US Navy 021022-N-4374S-069 VP-1 conducts reconnaissance missions in the Middle East.jpg en Central Command Area of Operation Oct 22 2002 -- Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Steve Rodriguez flight engineer assigned to the Screaming Eagles of Patrol Squadron One VP-1 displays a patch on his flight suite in remembrance of the tragic events of September 11 2001 while conducting a reconnaissance mission over the Arabian Gulf on board a P-3C Orion 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-069 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3069 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy images from Central Command October 2002 photographs |