[1] However, for operational tasking, the squadron reports to Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing ELEVEN at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.

Nicknamed the Broadarrows, the squadron flies the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from its home station of NAS Jacksonville, deploying worldwide.

[2] VP-62 was established from the personnel and SP-2H Neptune aircraft assets of two Naval Air Reserve patrol squadrons existing prior to November 1970: VP-67F1 and VP-67F2.

[3] Key among these problems was the incompatibility of aged, obsolescent combat aircraft in the Naval Air Reserve versus the active duty Fleet and an overly bureaucratic process for mobilizing Naval Reserve personnel to active duty.

The primary distinction between the active duty and reserve squadrons was that the Regular Navy squadrons would continue to be staffed at peacetime manning levels that would be augmented during times of crisis, contingency operations, or wartime by additional Regular Navy and/or Naval Reserve personnel.