Special mission P-8As for USN

The US Navy has established a ‘special missions’ unit at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, to operate P-8A Poseidons “with specific capability”. According to a directive from the Office of the

Chief of Naval Operations, the establishment of Fleet Support Unit One (FSU) 1 at NAS Jacksonville was to provide a follow on special mission capability to its maritime patrol community after VPU-2 retires its P-3C Orions. FSU-1’s mission is provision of “oversight, training operations, maintenance and configuration management for the P-8 quick reaction capability aircraft”.