What emerged was Lockheed’s P-3 Orion, a patrol airplane derived from ... When Saigon fell, my squadron, VP-4, was in the process of deploying back to Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the ...

and the P-3 Orion was born. The first P-3s built were delivered to VP-30 in 1962, when the squadron at that time hosted a detachment in Patuxent River, Maryland. Since then, over 700 Orions have ...

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) has completed a heritage paint scheme on a second P-3C Orion Maritime ... Japan painted a P-3 assigned to CPRW-11. The "VP-44 Strawberry 5" paint scheme ...

That’s an estimated $2.4 billion in illegal transactions the ... In fact, according to Lockheed, the P-3 Orion has a certificated maximum endurance of 16 hours, but the CBP lists its variants ...

Canadian Navy and industry officials gathered at Patuxent River Naval Air Station for a ceremony to present the first Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions to local maritime patrol squadrons VP-8 and VP-44.

Aircraft mechanics reported for work early Thursday morning to get the last three P-3 Orion aircraft ready to ... who’s deploying with VP-9. He said he likes the fact that the P-3 is “old ...

The Navy bid a final farewell to the P-3C Orion aircraft ... Senior Chief Petty Officer Armando Carrillo Jr. with VP-30 said. The P-3 was formally introduced to the Naval fleet in 1962 in response ...

The Navy's P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft ... we continued to fight,” he said. Despite VP-40 closing the door on the Orion’s active-duty service, two Navy Reserve squadrons — NAS ...

Since 1960, VP-30 has trained pilots, naval flight officers and enlisted operators aboard various aircraft, including the P-5 Marlin, SP-2 Neptune, P-3C Orion, MQ-4 Triton and the P-8A Poseidon.