US maritime P-3 Orion reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft… #militaryaircraft #aircraft #jets #p3orionThe Lockheed P-3 Orion four-engine turboprop maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft was developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the commercial L-188 Electra aircraft. It is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or MAD boom, which is used for submarine MAD magnetic anomaly detection…. Over the years the P-3 aircraft has undergone many design developments, especially in its electronics package, many navies and air forces around the world continue to use this type primarily for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. A total of 757 P-3s had been built in 2012, joining several military aircraft including the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Lockheed U-2 that have been in use by the American military for more than 50 years. In the twenty-first century, the turbofan-powered Boeing P-8 Poseidon began to complement and eventually replace the US Navy’s P-3 aircraft…