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 ...

Maintaining and upgrading the U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion maritime surveillance fleet for service into the next decade are being funded from several recent Department of Defense contracts, via Navair at ...

Though the P-3 Orion is slowly but surely being replaced by the Boeing P-8 Poseidon for ASW work, the transition is far from complete. The older Orion — unlike other famous Cold War-era Navy warplanes ...

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, ...

In a step towards modernising its defence forces, the Argentine Navy has officially received its first Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion aircraft from Norway. The acquisition is part of a strategy to enhance ...

Summary: The Lockheed P-3 Orion, a turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft, has been a staple in aerial fleets worldwide since its first flight in 1959. Developed from the Lockheed ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered its second of seven refurbished P-3C maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft to the Pakistan navy. Handed over at the US Navy's NAS Jacksonville site in Florida on 7 ...

On 10 September, a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft chased down Hurricane Francine, then building strength in the Gulf of Mexico. As the plane flew low over the water, helmeted crewmembers known as ...

ABOARD A NAVY PLANE OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ -- As the Bush administration considers a military strike against Iraq, the U.S. and its coalition partners have stepped up pressure on Saddam Hussein’s ...

“The Navy didn’t anticipate Soviets subs fighting it out while surfaced, so we lacked armor or self-sealing fuel tanks in the wings.” Retired Captain Tim Verhoef did two tours in Vietnam as a P-3 ...