Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1966, VP-4 ya fara canzawa daga SP-2H Neptune zuwa P-3A Orion. Bayan kammalawar sauyawa, VP-4 ya zama na farko da aka kafa a Hawaii don tura P-3A zuwa NAS Adak, Alaska a 1969. A shekara ta 1972, an ba VP-4 lambar yabo ta Rundunar Sojan Ruwa don kokarinsa a lokacin Ayyukan Kasuwancin Kasuwanci da Yanke Team. A lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa NAS Cubi Point a shekarar 1975, Philippines VP-4 ya shiga cikin Operation Frequent Wind, da kwashe Kudancin Vietnam da kuma aikin Mayaguez.
, kuma a cikin 1976 ya ga ayyukan rabuwa zuwa NAS Agana, Guam yayin da rundunar ta halarci atisayen Kangaroo II na Australia.