322:: Least known of all in the P-3 family. Three P-3As (BuNo 149669, BuNo 149673, and BuNo 149678) were obtained by the CIA from the U.S. Navy under Project STSPIN in May 1963, as the replacement aircraft for CIA's own covert operation fleet of RB-69A/P2V-7Us. Converted by Aerosystems Division of LTV at Greenville, Texas, the three P-3As were simply known as "black" P-3As under Project Axial. Officially transferred from U.S. Navy to CIA in June/July 1964. LTV Aerosystems converted the three aircraft to be both ELINT and COMINT platforms. The first of the three "black" P-3As arrived in Taiwan and were officially transferred to ROCAF's top secret "Black Bat" Squadron on 22 June 1966. Armed with 4 Sidewinder short range AAM missiles for self-defense, the three "black" P-3As flew peripheral missions along the China coast to collect SIGINT and air samples. When the project was terminated in January 1967, all three "black" P-3As were flown to
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354:: Two Electronic Warfare aircraft that were extensively modified P-3B Orions that supported the Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group (FEWSG) . The aircraft were used as simulated adversary Electronic Warfare platforms in Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33 (VAQ-33), then transferred to Patrol Squadron 66 (VP-66) and finally transferred to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 11 (VQ-11).
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Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System". and has
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Facility Aircraft Office operators of the NASA P-3
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Littoral Ships, Other Weapons Cut in New U.S. Navy 5-Year Plan
342:: 10 P-3As and two EP-3Bs were converted into ELINT aircraft.
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1214:(The Aviation Factfile). London: Grange Books plc, 2006.
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1023:"Things you should know about budget – CNN.com"
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179:On 1 April 2001, an aerial collision between a
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779:List of active United States military aircraft
774:List of military aircraft of the United States
27:Signals reconnaissance aircraft of the US Navy
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1124:Donald, David; Lake, Jon, eds. (1994).
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334:Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
968:"EP-X Program Starts To Take Shape"
506:1,300 sq ft (120 m)
1244:P-3 history page on U.S. Navy site
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1212:Military Aircraft of the Cold War
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566:135,000 lb (61,235 kg)
383:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
106:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
1033:from the original on 22 May 2010
992:from the original on 9 June 2011
868:Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it
810:. United States Navy Fact File.
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428:(disestablished on 17 May 2012).
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408:Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
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1149:Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1984).
1128:. Aerospace. pp. 249–253.
1062:" Flightglobal. 11 August 2011.
834:"Russians to fly out spy plane"
560:77,200 lb (35,017 kg)
367:Map with EP-3 operators in blue
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185:signals reconnaissance version
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285:Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton
189:People's Liberation Army Navy
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159:Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star
137:, primarily operated by the
1273:EP-3E on CombatAircraft.com
445:Lockheed EP-3E flying past
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1257:"P-3 Orion Research Group"
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332:: ELINT aircraft for the
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37:EP-3E ARIES / ARIES II
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1210:Winchester, Jim, ed.
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152:Signals intelligence
84:Lockheed Corporation
63:Signals Intelligence
896:. 29 January 2018.
870:. 31 January 2018.
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247:Fictional incidents
54:General information
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1743:Starfighter family
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1051:Trimble, Stephen.
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725:Lockheed P-3 Orion
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1328:Vega family
1109:15 February
818:15 February
631:Performance
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340:EP-3E ARIES
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279:Replacement
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2281:High Virgo
2245:Big Dipper
2159:Senior Peg
2062:X-44 (UAV)
1955:P-7 LRAACA
1940:S-3 Viking
1801:X-44 MANTA
1428:43 Harpoon
1423:37 Ventura
1411:414 Hudson
1396:10 Electra
1360:7 Explorer
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795:References
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2291:Ping-Pong
2144:Have Blue
1945:P-3 Orion
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2075:Trainers
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2042:Polecat
2037:MQM-105
2007:Aequare
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113:History
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2012:AQM-60
1971:CL-400
1920:Hudson
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