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VP-17, nicknamed the ''White Lightnings'', was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was the third squadron to bear the VP-17 designation. This article is about the third VP-17, but includes the lineages of the others. The squadron was established as Reserve Patrol Squadron VP-916 on 1 July 1946. It was redesignated as Medium Patrol Squadron VP-ML-66 on 15 November 1946, as VP-722 in February 1950, and as VP-17 on 4 February 1953. It was redesignated Heavy Attack Mining Squadron VA-(HM)-10 on 1 July 1956, and finally, for the second time, redesignated VP-17 on 1 July 1959. The squadron was disestablished on 31 March 1995, after 24 years of service and 161,000 mishap-free flight hours. ==Previous VP-17 squadrons== The first VP-17 held that designation for 21 months in 1937-1939, in a squadron that ultimately became VP-5. Its history is as follows: *Established as VP-17F on 2 Jan 1937 *Redesignated as VP-17 on 1 Oct 1937 *Redesignated as VP-42 on 1 July 1939 *Redesignated as Bomber Squadron VB135 on 15 Feb 1943 *Redesignated as Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-135 on 1 Oct 1944 *Redesignated as VP-135 on 15 May 1946 *Redesignated as Patrol Medium/Land Squadron VP-ML-5 on 15 Nov 1946 *Redesignated as VP-5 on 1 Sep 1948 The second VP-17 held that designation for nine months in 1944, in a squadron that ultimately became VPB-17. Its history is as follows: *Established as VP-17 on 3 Jan 1944 *Redesignated as Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-17 on 1 Oct 1944 *Disestablished on 30 Jan 1946 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VP-17」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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