Lockheed Martin expects the 450 P-3 Orion aircraft, which are in service with 18 operators in 16 countries, to provide significant modification, upgrade and maintenance opportunities over the next 20 ...

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How Lockheed’s P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Robert Bernier A P-3C Orion assigned to VP-46 commands the ramp at Washington’s Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, in 2017. U.S. Navy/ Petty ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patrol Squadron THIRTY (VP-30), the “Pro’s Nest,” is honoring the end of service, or “sundown,” of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft on Friday. The ceremony will take place at ...

The selection of the P-8 Poseidon emerged during a parliamentary interrogation after the United States approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of five aircraft to Germany. The Bundesministerium der ...

The Navy bid a final farewell to the P-3C Orion aircraft, which took its final flight from NAS Jax Friday afternoon. The Orion has been in service in the United States Navy for more than 60 years, ...

<p><br><P> St. Mary's County is occasionally visited by hurricanes and their leftovers, but Jim McFadden has personally visited 563 storms aboard P-3 Orion airplanes.<P> "I don't fly a lot anymore.

WELLINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The New Zealand Defence Force on Tuesday said it would retire five P-3K2 Orion aircraft five months earlier than planned because of staff shortages, leaving it with few ...

To the Soviets, the aircraft seemed to be everywhere, not only scouting attempted entries into Cuba, but flying patrols deep into the Atlantic. It was a P-3 crew, in fact, that found and photographed ...