<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagamuchira Fleet Air Wing Atlantic Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award nokuda kwa1972. Somugumisiro wezvikwata zvehondo zvemauto muna 1973 na1974, VP-26 yakagamuchira Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy nokuda kwekunaka muhondo yekurwisa-submarine. Muna 1975, chikwata chacho chakabatanidzwa mukupemberera United States Bicentennial. Kuwedzera kubhururuka ane 13-nyeredzi muswe chivharo pamusoro ndege dzavo, pamusoro 100 varume nevakadzi kubva VP-26 vakaita yokugadziridza kunze Pejepscot Museum muna Brunswick, Maine, kuwana dzechikwata ane Navy Bicentennial Command zita. Sezvikepe zvechikepe chete-zvekushanda-basa bicentennial squadron, 1976 split-site deployment kuNS Rota uye Lajes Field yakapa VP-26 mukana wekuratidza mavara ayo bicentennial muMediterranean, Europe uye North Atlantic. The dzechikwata akagamuchira Golden Wrench Award nokuda mukuru kubudirira ndege Nokuraramisa uye vakagadzirira uye Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy nokuda 1976. Muna September 1977, VP-26 yakaendeswa kunzvimbo dzinoverengeka muNorth Atlantic. Kunyanya kwakavakirwa paNAS Bermuda neLajes Field, squadron yaive nemapoka muPanama Canal Zone  <response>: , RAF Ascension Island, NAS Guantanamo Bay, NAS Keflavik uye NS San Juan. Kuvhiringidzwa kwemabasa kwakaratidza kushandiswa uku, sezvo vashandi vemhepo vakapinda mune dzakawanda ASW kudzidzira neNATO neAllied Naval Forces. Kudzokera NAS Brunswick mangwanani 1978, VP-26 akagamuchira Meritorious Unit Commendation, ari Silver uye Golden Anchor Awards nokuda chengetedzo zvakaisvonaka, uye CNO Aviation Safety Award nokuda akavhiyiwa muna 1976 uye 1977. Muna March 1979 VP-26 akatanga kuchinja kubva P-3B kuti P-3C Update II, iyo akabatanidza ichangobva avionics uye zvombo hurongwa kusanganisira turret-vakatasva michina michina kuonekwa iyo yakaderera kubva mhino kuziva zvinangwa masikati kana usiku, uye AGM-84A Harpoon chombo kugona. 