Following its first Antarctic deployment, VX-6 moved from Pax River to Quonset Point in Mar 1956 
Puckered Penguins, tail codes JD, XD, based at Point Mugu California, with the task of support the United States Antarctic Program.
1955-1968 - Air Development Squadron Six ( VX-6 )
1969-1999 - Antarctic Development Squadron Six ( VXE-6 )
1955-1968 - Air Development Squadron Six ( VX-6 )
1969-1999 - Antarctic Development Squadron Six ( VXE-6 )
VX-/VXE-6 was homeported at then NAS Quonset Point. The ICAO designation for NAS QP was KNCO. When the Navy decommissioned NAS QP, the airfield was renamed Quonset State Airport, and the FAA gave it a new ICAO code.
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