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| rdfs:comment | - Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
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| Commander | - CDR Claude H. Nordhill, 1972
- CDR Daniel A. Desko, 1976
- CDR Dwight D. Fisher, 1984–1985
- CDR Eugene W. Van Reeth, 1969
- CDR Fred C. Holt, 1975
- CDR James W. Jaeger, 1977
- CDR Joseph D. Mazza, 1986–1987
- CDR Paul Derocher, 1985–1986
- CDR Paul R. Dykeman, 1980–1981
- CDR Vernon W. Peters, 1974
- CDR Victor Louis Pesce, 1979–1980
- CDR William A. Morgan, 1978–1979
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| Caption | - Insignia of Antarctic Development Squadron Six
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| Unit Name | - Antarctic Development Squadron Six
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| Motto | - "Courage, Sacrifice, Devotion"
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| abstract | - Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 1 January 1969, the squadron's mission was to provide aviation support for Operation Deep Freeze, the operational component of the United States Antarctic Program. Following the closure of NAS Quonset Point in the 1970s, the squadron relocated to NAS Point Mugu. Using the tail code JD, the squadron flew numerous aircraft over the course of its existence. Following the closure of austral summer operations at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in February 1999, the squadron returned to Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, where it was disestablished on 31 March 1999.
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