<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wathola umklomelo we- Fleet Air Wing Atlantic Chief of Naval Operations Safety ngo-1972. Njengomphumela wemizamo yamasosha e-escadron ngo-1973 nango-1974, i-VP-26 yathola i-Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy ngokwenza kahle empini yokulwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya. Ngo-1975, leli qembu lalibambe iqhaza ekugubheni i-United States Bicentennial. Ngaphezu kokundiza i-tail cap enezinkanyezi eziyi-13 ezindizeni zabo, amadoda nabesifazane abangaphezu kwekhulu abavela ku-VP-26 benza umsebenzi wokulungisa ingaphandle lePejepscot Museum eBrunswick, eMaine, okwenza leli qembu lithole igama le-Navy Bicentennial Command. Njengomkhumbi owodwa osebenzayo we-bi-centennial squadron, ukusatshalaliswa kwendawo ehlukanisiwe ngo-1976 ku-NS Rota naseLajes Field kwanikeza i-VP-26 ithuba lokukhombisa imibala yayo ye-bi-centennial kulo lonke elaseMedithera, eYurophu naseNyakatho ye-Atlantic. Ibutho lithole umklomelo weGolden Wrench Award ngempumelelo enkulu ekunakekelweni kwezindiza kanye nokulungela kanye neCaptain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy ngo-1976. Ngo-September 1977, i-VP-26 yasetshenziswa ezindaweni eziningana kulo lonke elaseNyakatho ye-Atlantic. Ngokuyinhloko isekelwe e-NAS Bermuda naseLajes Field, lesi sikhala sasineziqu ePanama Canal Zone  <response>: , RAF Ascension Island, NAS Guantanamo Bay, NAS Keflavik futhi NS San Juan. Imisebenzi ehlanganisiwe yagcizelela lokhu kuthunyelwa, njengoba ama-aircrew abambe iqhaza ezivivinyweni eziningi ze-ASW ne-NATO kanye ne-Allied Naval Forces. Ukubuyela ku-NAS Brunswick ekuqaleni kuka-1978, i-VP-26 yathola i-Meritorious Unit Commendation, i-Silver ne-Golden Anchor Awards yokugcina ubuhle, kanye ne-CNO Aviation Safety Award yokusebenza ngo-1976 nango-1977. Ngo-March 1979 VP-26 waqala sashintsha kusuka P-3B kuya P-3C Update II, okuyinto ihlanganiswe zakamuva avionics futhi izikhali izinhlelo kuhlanganise turret-efakwe idivayisi infrared ukuthola okuyinto wehlise kusukela ekhaleni ukukhomba imigomo imini nobusuku, futhi AGM-84A Harpoon missile ikhono. 