P-3 Orion

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a patrol aircraft of the United States military used primarily for anti-submarine warfare. It is also used by the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

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The P-3 Orion is based on the Lockheed L-188 Electra. The first production version, designated P3V-1, first flew 15 April 1961, but by the time the first deliveries were made in 1962, the unified designation system made this the P-3.

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Over the years, many variants have been developed.

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The P-3 Orion has found special use as an earth-science suborbital research platform for NASA. Known as callsign NASA 426, this aircraft is located at Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia.

Lockheed: The Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company) was an American aerospace company. Lockheed was founded in 1912 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995....

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