AP-3C Orion
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The AP-3C Orion is a Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, extensively used for long-range surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AP-3C Orion canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft variant ⓘ |
| airframeOrigin |
Lockheed P-3 Orion
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed P-3C Orion
|
| armament |
anti-ship missiles
ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ sonobuoys ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| avionicsUpgradeBy |
Harris Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
L-3 Communications
Tenix Defence ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lockheed P-3 Orion ⓘ |
| capability |
electronic surveillance
ⓘ
long-range patrol ⓘ overland surveillance ⓘ signal intelligence collection ⓘ submarine detection ⓘ surface ship detection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| crew | approximately 10 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
exclusive economic zone surveillance
ⓘ
maritime domain awareness ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| manufacturerOfAirframe |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed
|
| modernizationOf | RAAF P-3C Orion fleet ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryBase | RAAF Base Edinburgh ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
anti-submarine warfare patrols
ⓘ
maritime surveillance ⓘ |
| range | long-range ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
MQ-4C Triton
ⓘ
Boeing P-8 Poseidon ⓘ
surface form:
P-8A Poseidon
|
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
long-range surveillance ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ overland intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
No. 92 Wing RAAF
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Australian Air Force No. 92 Wing
|
| serviceEntry | early 2000s ⓘ |
| status | being phased out of RAAF service ⓘ |
| usedBy | Australia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Middle East operations
ⓘ
Operation Resolute ⓘ border protection operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance missions ⓘ search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ⓘ |
| user |
No. 10 Squadron RAAF
ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAAF ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.