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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3C-120-LO Orion
    Last Military Serial:157317 USN
    Construction Number:5532
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3C-120-LO sn 157317 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3C-120-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    30 December 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 157317.

    30 December 1970

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 31 (VP-31).

    25 May 1971

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47).
    Operated with markings: RD-10

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF ret.) via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    9 July 1984

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 50 (VP-50).
    Operated with markings: SG-3

    January 1990

    Transferred to VP-MAU, NAS Moffett, CA.

    P-3C-IIIR modification.

    July 1991

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 1 (VP-1).

    July 1992

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22).

    August 1994

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 40 (VP-40).

    December 1994

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46).

    May 1996

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 40 (VP-40).

    September 1997

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46).

    January 1998

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 1 (VP-1).
    Operated with markings: YB-717

    September 2001

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 92 (VP-92).
    Operated with markings: LY-317

    13 July 2004

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2P0222.

    16 December 2004

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     P-3 Orion Research Group by Joe Baugher
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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