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3 Σεπ 2024 · On September 2, 2024, the first of four P-3 Orion aircraft acquired by the Argentine Navy from Norway arrived at the Almirante Zar Naval Air Base in Trelew, Chubut Province. The aircraft, initially registered as 163299, underwent maintenance and upgrades in the United States before being transferred to Argentina.
Installation of the new wings on the first aircraft was completed in 2019, but several problems cau-sed delays with the engine nacel-les, horizontal stabilizers and the tail. A strange and alarming result, because carrying out P-3 Midlife Upgrades has been very succes-sful at other companies.
Initially painted Navy blue with a white upper fuselage, the Orion went into action right away when four P-3As of VP-8 deployed to Bermuda to support U.S. operations during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. “The story begins in Cuba and continues today in Afghanistan,” said Polmar.
16 Οκτ 2021 · P-3 NFO recalls when his Orion shut down 2 engines and flew a 13 hours anti-submarine patrol because the P-3 due to relieve his aircraft had been delayed
A U.S. Navy P-3C supporting Operation Odyssey Dawn engaged the Libyan coast guard vessel Vittoria on 28 March 2011 after the vessel and eight smaller craft fired on merchant ships in the port of Misrata, Libya. The Orion fired AGM-65 Maverick missiles on Vittoria, which was subsequently beached. [32]
19 Ιουν 2024 · When a U.S. Navy P-3C encountered Libyan coast guard vessel Vittoria and its convoy attacking merchant ships in Misrata, AGM-65 Maverick missiles fired by the P-3C swiftly thwarted the Libyan attack, leaving the Vittoria beached.
Early December 2023 the first P-3C (3299) for the Argentine Navy was taken out of storage at Davis Monthan. However, the hand over and the delivery flight had to be postponed, because the necessary payment by the Argentinian Government had not taken place in December 2023.
