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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3C Update III
    Last Military Serial:156510 USN
    Construction Number:5504
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3C Update III sn 156510...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3C-110-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    25 July 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156510.

    8 August 1969

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center, Weapons Systems Testing, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    2 December 1970

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24), NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: LR-24
    Later coded LR-1.

    8 June 1973

    Transferred to VP-49, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LP-9

    8 July 1974

    Transferred to VP-45, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LN-22

    3 July 1975

    Transferred to VP-56, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LQ-8
    Later coded LQ-32.

    15 October 1976

    Transferred to VP-45, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LN-40,Big Ole Fat Pete
    Later coded LN-22.

    7 October 1981

    Transferred to VP-45, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LN-40
    Later coded LN-9 and LN-7.

    Converted to a P-3C Update III.

    July 1991

    Transferred to VP-30, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LL-44

    By June 2003

    Markings Applied: LL-510

    7 June 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Davenport, IA Quad Cities Air Show

    December 2007

    Damaged.
    Grounded due to wing fatigue.

    From 2008 to 2011

    Repaired.
    Repaired by Fleet Readiness Center. Southeast, NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    May 2011

    Transferred to VP-30, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LL-510

    By August 2014

    Markings Applied: 510

    12 July 2016

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).
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    P-3 Orion Research Group by Joe Baugher
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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