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Final US Navy active duty patrol squadron transitions from P-3C Orion to P-8A Poseidon

Garrett Reim By Garrett Reim29 May 2020

 

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 Marlins, completed the final transition on 14 May, the service announced on 28 May. The squadron started the transition in November 2019.

VP-40 is the final active duty Squadron to transition from the P-3C Orion aircraft to the P-8A Poseidon c US Navy


https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/final-us-navy-active-duty-patrol-squadron-transitions-from-p-3c-orion-to-p-8a-poseidon/138608.article