[3] VS-24 was re-established in 8 Apr 1960 at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island as Air Antisubmarine Squadron TWO FOUR, nicknamed the Scouts, flying the S-2 Tracker and deploying aboard ESSEX / HANCOCK class aircraft carriers of the Atlantic Fleet.

Following the war, Sea Control Squadron TWENTY-FOUR participated in Operation PROVIDE COMFORT rendering aid to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraq.

During this deployment, the Scouts were the most heavily utilized squadron in the air wing accumulating over 2,300 flight hours while maintaining a 100 percent mission completion rate.

This move was in compliance with the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, which ordered NAS Cecil Field be closed by 1 Oct 1999.

A total of 48 aircraft in six VS squadrons comprising the entire Atlantic Fleet VS wing ultimately moved to NAS Jacksonville, along with nearly 2,000 military and civilian employees.