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Published: 2014-02-09 16:05:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 650; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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VP-3A-15-LO, 149676 assigned to NAF Andrews seen transient at Sheppard AFB in August 1982.
The open weapons bay door is noteworthy!
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As a duty forecaster at Moffett Field in 1986 or so I got to go aboard the CNO's VP-3 to brief the pilot while the CNO was busy meeting someone else off-plane. Very nice inside.
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Cool and thanks for the info!
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Poor old thing, It saddens me that it's getting replaced, but I can't get over how bad ass the P-8A Poseidon is!
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This was shot in 1982. The "A" models were pretty much out of patrol service with the AD Navy, some of the reserve units possibly still flow some P-3As.
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This pictures shows that the P-3 needs replacing, it looks old and tired even in 1982...
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This was a VIP transport conversion of the P-3A. The fleet had moved on to P-3Bs and C's for ASW duties.
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P-8 seems like a gigantic step.
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I read an article where the P-8s ASW system performed terribly during some exercises recently.
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The article was a few weeks ago. The acft was having problems detecting US subs during an ASW exercise www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do…
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