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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3A-40-LO Orion
    Last Military Serial:151369 USN
    Construction Number:5082
    Last Civil Registration:N927AU
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3A-40-LO sn 151369 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:MHD Rockland Services Inc, Starke, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3A-40-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151369.

    Transferred to VP-68, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    30 August 1984

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 2P0014.

    12 October 1989

    To US Forestry Service with new c/r N182AU.

    Operated by Aero Union Corporation, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, CA.
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    12 October 1989

    To Aero Union Corporation, McClellan, CA with new c/r N927AU.

    Operated as fire service #27.

    15 May 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR927AU (P-3A, 151369) issued.

    July 1991


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N927AU - P-3A - Aero Union at Hemet in July 1991

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Phoenix IAP

    28 September 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR927AU (P-3A, 151369) issued.

    4 November 2010

    To Aero Union Corporation, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N927AU.

    Based at McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    By 19 September 2011

    Operated as fire service #27 with markings: AERO UNION

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB.

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    28 February 2013

    To VRB Corp, Detroit, MI keeping c/r N927AU.

    7 November 2013

    To United Aeronautical Corp, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N927AU.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR927AU (P-3A, 151369) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2015

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA keeping c/r N927AU.

    27 September 2016

    To United Aeronautical Corp, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N927AU.

    4 December 2023

    To MHD Rockland Services Inc, Starke, FL keeping c/r N927AU.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Mike Henniger
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