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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 P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft underwent a number of variants and specific unique design elements. The following is an extensive catalogue of each variant and/or design stage of the aircraft. For a broader article on the history of the P-3, see Lockheed P-3 Orion.
It was the second squadron to be assigned the VP-93 designation. The squadron was established on 1 July 1976 and disestablished 18 years later, on 30 September 1994. It flew the Lockheed P-3 Orion, and was based at NAF Detroit during its entire life. Units of the squadron made 17 major overseas deployments. [1]
West Coast Center Orion Patrol Squadron: Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1963, January −1993: USN: Commander Patrol Wing TEN (COMPATWING 10) 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 ...
The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a highly modified P-3 Orion used by the Aircraft Operations Center division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The aircraft are operated by officers of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps .
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January, NAS Moffett Field was chosen as the West Coast and first center for the new Lockheed P-3 Orion. NAS Moffett Field returned to its original mission of long-range reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols. These planes would become a common sight at NAS Moffett Field for the next thirty (30) years.
Lockheed Orion or Lockheed Martin Orion may refer to: Lockheed Model 9 Orion (1931), a single engine airliner; Lockheed P-3 Orion (1959), a maritime patrol aircraft, with several variants; Orion (spacecraft), a crewed spacecraft in NASA's Artemis program, co-developed by Lockheed Martin