Den amerikanske ambassadøren er ex P-3 flyger ved VP 17 - NRK

I mars 1969 besøkte 333 skv. og undertegnede VP-17 på deres hjemmebase, NAS Barbers Point på Hawaii. (Red.)

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Kontreadmiral Kenneth Braithwaite, USAs nye ambassadør til Norge, mener omstridt «Rocket Man»-Tweet var briljant strategi for å roe ned situasjonen på Koreahalvøya.

VIL BEDRE FORHOLDET MELLOM NORGE OG USA: Den nye ambassadøren og kona håper de kan knytte landene enda mer sammen. Her er de for første gang på fergetur i Oslofjorden.

Foto: Arild Sandsvik / NRK

Patrol Squadron 17
VP-17 insignia
Active	1 July 1946-31 Mach 1995
Country	United States
Branch	Navy
Type	Squadron
Role	Antisubmarine Patrol
Part of	United States Navy/Naval Air Forces/Patrol Wing
Nickname(s)	White Lightnings
Engagements	Korean War Vietnam War
Aircraft flown
Patrol	PBY Catalina PV-2 Harpoon P4Y-2/2S Privateer P2V Neptune P-3 Orion

VP-17, nicknamed the White Lightnings, was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.
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.^[1] It was the third squadron to be designated VP-17, the first VP-17 was redesignated as VP-42 on 1 July 1939 and the second VP-17 was redesignated VPB-17 on 1 October 1944.^[2][3]