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 ...

From a console within the Orion’s windowless midsection (called “the tube” by aircrew), Warburton’s job as a tactical coordinator (TACCO) was to evaluate information from the P-3’s three sensor ...

The submarine was spotted by a Portuguese P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. Russia conducted sub drills, including a torpedo duel, in the Baltic Sea recently. A NATO ally's anti-submarine warfare ...

The Iranian air force’s museum-vintage P-3 Orion patrol planes still are airworthy, a recent flyby indicates. On Nov. 11, 2019, a Lockheed P-3F Orion belonging to the Islamic Republic of ...

Aviators inside the Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion prepare to fly into a developing storm to gather critical data to improve hurricane forecasts. (NOAA) If you’ve ever white-knuckled your tray table ...

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 ...

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 ...