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To: Lower Deck
The big problem is that the US Navy retired the Lockheed S-3 Viking fleet too early. Fortunately, most of those planes now sitting in the "boneyard" are still intact, and they could be put back into service on short notice.
4 posted on 08/24/2016 7:03:15 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: RayChuang88

Are you talking about P-3s?


5 posted on 08/24/2016 7:05:36 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: RayChuang88

And replacing the P-3 Orion with a modified 737 was a mistake. The P-3 could shut down two engines, feather the props, and loiter in the area of a submarine for hours, flying low and slow.


6 posted on 08/24/2016 7:08:23 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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