On May 29, 2025, a South Korean Navy P-3 Orion patrol plane with four people on board crashed into a mountain in the ...

Enter the mighty P-3 Orion, steadfast patroller of the maritime grid. Named after Orion the Hunter of ancient Greek mythology, the P-3 Orion shares the same vocation. In response to advances in ...

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 ...

To counter the threat of silent submersible stalkers, the Navy continues to use an aerial platform that has served faithfully for over 50 years: the Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion. And that’s without ...

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 ...

They will all be here in April for our CoNA celebration." Wheeler said the Bat Rack scheme makes the third and final P-3 Orion painted with heritage schemes for the CoNA celebration. Cmdr.

Designed in the late 1950s and introduced in the 1960s, the P-3 Orion is one of the oldest aircraft currently in service of the U.S. Navy. It has not only stood the test of time, more than half a ...