Lockheed P-3 Orion

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The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft widely used by navies and air forces around the world during the Cold War and beyond.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-submarine warfare aircraft
maritime patrol aircraft
military aircraft
armament anti-ship missiles
depth charges
mines
torpedoes
basedOn Lockheed L-188 Electra
countryOfOrigin United States
crewSize 11
endurance over 12 hours
engineType turboprop
feature magnetic anomaly detector boom
sonobuoy launchers
underwing hardpoints
firstFlight 1959-11-25
height 10.27 m
introduced 1962
landingGear tricycle landing gear
length 35.61 m
manufacturer Lockheed
Lockheed Martin
maximumSpeed 750 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight 64000 kg
notableUse anti-piracy operations
environmental monitoring and research missions
long-range maritime surveillance
numberOfEngines 4
operator Brazilian Air Force
Chilean Navy
German Navy
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Pakistan Navy
Portuguese Air Force
Republic of Korea Navy
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Spanish Air and Space Force
United States Navy
powerplant 4 × Allison T56 turboprop engines
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare
maritime patrol
producedUnits over 650
productionPeriod 1961–1990
range 8300 km
secondaryRole anti-surface warfare
reconnaissance
search and rescue
status being replaced by Boeing P-8 Poseidon in many operators
in service
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedDuring Cold War
Gulf War
Iran–Iraq War
Iraq War
Vietnam War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Yom Kippur War
variant EP-3E Aries II
P-3A
P-3B
P-3C
P-3K
P-3M
wingspan 30.38 m

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