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The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security.It was developed for the United States Navy (USN) as a derivative of the civilian Boeing 737-800 airliner.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing P-8A Poseidon, registered as 169561 with serial number 66094. It was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2020 and was powered by two CFM International CFM56-7B27E engines. [2] [5]
VP-4 become the first squadron at NAS Whidbey Island to convert to the P-8 Poseidon in October 2016. [5] On 2 April 2018 the squadron departed for Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan for its inaugural deployment. [5] On 21 November 2023, a P-8A of VP-4 overran the runway at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station and came to rest in Kaneohe Bay itself.
Dec. 3—After the P-8A is back on land, divers with the state Department of Land and Natural resources will be able to document any damage. Thirteen days after a Navy P-8A Poseidon slid off the ...
The US has also deployed air assets, including a P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance plane, to circle overhead the Russian vessels. Canada has also deployed assets to monitor the activity, the official said.
VP-40 P5M-2 c.1960 VP-40 SP-5B makes JATO takeoff from Cam Ranh Bay, 1967 VP-40 P-3C in 2003. 20 January 1951: VP-40 was established at NAS San Diego, California, under the operational control of FAW-14, as a seaplane squadron flying the PBM-5 Mariner.
Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA). VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The Squadron is equipped with the Boeing P-8A Poseidon.
A US Navy P-8 Poseidon with an AN/APS-154 attached to its belly. The AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) is a multifunction radar installed on the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The radar is built by Raytheon as a follow-on to their AN/APS-149 Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS).