The Navy's P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft has embarked on its sundown deployment with Patrol Squadron 40. (Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class John Herman/Navy) It’s been 50 years since the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patrol Squadron THIRTY (VP-30), the “Pro’s Nest,” is honoring the end of service, or “sundown,” of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft on Friday. The ceremony will take place at ...

141115-N-IY142-304 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 15, 2014) A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft from to the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 conducts a fly-by with the guided-missile ...

Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 bid farewell to the command’s last P-3 as it departed for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, July 20. The P-3C Orion is an anti-submarine warfare ...

The Navy bid a final farewell to the P-3C Orion aircraft, which took its final flight from NAS Jax Friday afternoon. The Orion has been in service in the United States Navy for more than 60 years, ...

All of the US Navy’s (USN’s) active duty patrol squadrons have transitioned from the Lockheed P-3C Orion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. Patrol Squadron 40 (VP-40), the Fighting ...

The P-8A Poseidon will replace the ageing P-3C Orion until the new Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System is ready for operational service. Following the reports in May that Germany was ...

Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 held a final graduation ceremony for the P-3C “Orion” Jan. 24, sending the last five VP P-3C student pilots to the Fleet. “Today is another momentous day in our community’s ...

The selection of the P-8 Poseidon emerged during a parliamentary interrogation after the United States approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of five aircraft to Germany. The Bundesministerium der ...

Artisans at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed the first installation of new wings on a P-3C Orion aircraft in November - replacing a structurally fatigued wing pair with nearly 30 ...

The end of an era. The final P-3C Orion aircraft stationed on the East Coast is heading out for its final deployment from NAS Jacksonville Thursday morning. “This is a milestone for Naval aviation- ...