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The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner; it is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or "MAD" boom, used for the magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) of submarines.
The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a production line variant of the P-3 Orion used by the Aircraft Operations Center division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at Lakeland Linder International Airport, [13] [14] Florida. Only two of these craft exist, each incorporating numerous features for the role of collecting weather ...
West Coast Center Orion Patrol Squadron: Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1963, January −1993: USN: Naval Air Reserve, Commander Reserve Patrol Wing Pacific (COMRESPATWINGPAC) West Coast Center Orion Patrol Squadron: Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1963, January −1993: USN: Naval Air Reserve, Patrol Wing FOUR (COMPATWING 4) West Coast Center Orion Patrol Squadron ...
The 13 EP-3E aircraft in the Navy's inventory are based on the Orion P-3 airframe and provide fleet and theater commanders worldwide with near real-time tactical SIGINT and COMINT. With sensitive receivers and high-gain dish antennas, the EP-3E exploits a wide range of electronic emissions from deep within targeted territory.
The last operational P-3 Orion aircraft flew into Brunswick Landing on Friday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the closing of the Brunswick Naval Air Station.
1 July 1976: VP-93 was the last reserve patrol squadron to be formed as part of the reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve during the 1970s. The squadron's home port was NAF Detroit, and it came under the operational and administrative control of Commander Reserve Patrol Wing, Atlantic. VP-93 began its career flying the P-3A Orion aircraft.
U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3A Orion of air test and evaluation squadron VX-1 Pioneers in 1983. This aircraft was used in the "EMPASS" project, the "Electromagnetic Performance of Air and Ship Systems" (EMPASS) Project. EP-3A: Seven modified for electronic reconnaissance testing. EP-3B: Least known of all in the P-3 family. Three P-3As (BuNo 149669 ...
The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the Roman goddess of dawn who flies across the sky each morning ahead of the sun. [1]