C003852
Location: 11B9Coin: Unit
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Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
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The "Old Buzzards" was a US Navy Squadron which flew the P-3 Orion aircraft and was specially trained to perform "special projects." They started out as an informal unit working directly for the Chief of Naval Operations and later became an independent unit - Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU-1). The unit was dsibanded in April, 2012.