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 ...

The U.S. has provided the P-3 Orion and the P-8 Poseidon aircraft—both designed for anti-submarine warfare—to its allies and ...

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is an antisubmarine-warfare (ASW)/maritime-patrol aircraft produced through 1997 and operated by 17 nations. Lockheed won a U.S. Navy ASW competition in 1958 and began ...

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 ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — 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 ...

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 ...

<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.

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 ...