Smithsonian Magazine

The P-3 Orion Was Made for Hunting Submarines

What emerged was Lockheed’s P-3 Orion, a patrol airplane derived from the company’s initially troubled L-188 Electra airliner. A P-3C from the VP-8 Tigers surveils a Soviet Victor III-class submarine ...
The National Interest

P-3 Orion: The Plane Built to Hunt and Kill Russia’s Submarines

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The P-3 Orion Was Made for Hunting Submarines

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 ...