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Boeing P-8A Poseidon, Bu. No. 169548, C/n 64078, VP-9, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, 2021 - P-8A 169548 was delivered in February 2019 to VP-1 ‘Screaming Eagles’ at Whidbey Island, Washington. By 2021 it was with VP-9 ‘Golden Eagles’ at the same base, and made lengthy deployments to RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland and NAS Sigonella, Italy that year. As depicted, ‘548’ wears the squadron insignia of an eagle carrying a missile rather than the unit's tail code of ‘PD: Another shift of squadron was to VP-45 ‘Pelicans; based at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, in which markings it appeared at the ILA Air Show at Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany in June 2024.