The Lockheed P-3 Orion first flew in 1959 ... two naval flight officers, two aircrew flight engineers, three sensor operators, and one in-flight technician. During the Cold War, the P-3 was ...

based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Virginia, as an Earth science research platform After more than 50 years, the iconic P-3 Orion has been retired from active-duty service, although some Navy ...

That’s why, during Navy flight training in the early 1970s, while others were clamoring to fly jets, I opted for the P-3. And, like me, those who were part of the Orion community have a special ...

The militarized Orion variant made her maiden flight in November 1959 and officially entered service in August 1962—a mere two months before the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thus, in 2012, the P-3 ...

After more than half a century of a proud and longstanding tradition serving on the mighty P-3C Orion, the last ever class of student flight engineers (FE) graduated from Patrol Squadron (VP ...