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Afghanistan conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well supporting counter-piracy operations in Somalia. This deployment ended in December 2012; by this time the aircraft had flown over 2,400 sorties; and more than 3,500 No. 92 Wing personnel had served in the Middle East.
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December 2007 stated that this is probably not correct, and it is more likely that several SIGINT/ELINT 'kits' were purchased and can be swapped between all 18 airframes. The magazine also quoted an unnamed 'industry source' as stating that all the AP-3Cs have SIGINT/ELINT capabilities "equivalent
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Arabian Sea; providing support to Coalition warships and boarding parties; and conducting extensive overland flights of Iraq to support the Coalition ground forces there. By December 2007 the AP-3C detachment had conducted 1,200 sorties totaling more than 11,000 hours of flying. The
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As a result of the systems integration problems delivery of upgraded Orions was delayed by three years. The first two aircraft were handed over to the RAAF in
December 2001 and the final AP-3C was delivered in early 2005. This delay caused a major reduction in the RAAF's maritime surveillance
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was involved with many of the aircraft's sub-systems and developing a simulation facility. Work began on the first AP-3C in
January 1997 and the original project schedule called for this aircraft to be provided to the RAAF for operational acceptance trials in March 1998 and all upgrades to be
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patrols between 25 November and 4 December as part of a regular surveillance operation. The aircraft was operating as a part of
Operation Gateway, Australia's "enduring contribution to the preservation of regional security and stability in South East Asia".
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H764G Embedded GPS/INUs, a new communications system and other improvements. The Orions' weight was also reduced by more than 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) as part of the upgrade.
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Peacock, Lindsay; Keymer, Eleanor (2009). "Jane's World Air Forces. Issues Twenty-Nine".
786:"Updated Orion unveiled after three years delay". Flight International. 20 February 2001.
867:"Updated Orion Aircraft Delivered To The RAAF". Forecast International. 8 December 2001.
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Ferguson, Gregor (29 November 2008). "Crossroads for maritime surveillance deal".
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Kelly, Emma (26 August 2008). "Canberra agrees to upgrade AP-3C Orion fleet".
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1470:"Lockheed AP-3C Orion - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society"
905:. Weston Creek, ACT: Aerospace Publications. pp. 141–142.
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AP-3C Orion A9-659 in storage at the Australian War Memorial's
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torpedoes, mines, and a range of sonar buoys and other stores.
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operations in Australia, South East Asia and the Middle East.
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Skehan, Craig (8 June 2007). "Spy plane mission revealed".
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in Australia under a sub-contract to Australian companies.
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1569:McCaughlin, Andrew (2007). "Quiet Achiever".
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837:"Refit gives Orions a new lease of life".
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1608:. ADF Serials. Archived from
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355:Two AP-3C Orions in July 2010
270:or better" than those of the
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1293:Wroe, David (22 June 2017).
1218:South China Sea Indian Ocean
593:Specifications (AP-3C Orion)
466:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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337:electronic support measures
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612:General characteristics
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407:in response to the
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41:General information
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1584:. pp. 92–98.
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