Welcome home VP-46 By NAS Whidbey Island Public Affairs • March 18, 2016 2:55 pm Tags: VP-46 Lt. j.g. Andrew McCleskey, Patrol Squadron (VP) 46, holds his daughter Kylie upon returning to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island from deployment. VP-46 conducted anti-submarine warfare along with intelligence-gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance missions in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caleb Cooper/Released) Tags: VP-46