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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3B-75-LO Orion
    Last Military Serial:0870/EAE6 ARA
    Construction Number:185-5205
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3B-75-LO sn 0870/EAE6 AR...
    Latest Owner or Location:Armada Argentina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3B-75-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    15 November 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152761.

    15 November 1966

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10), NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LD-12

    14 June 1972

    Transferred to VP-26, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LK-8
    Later sequentially marked LK-6 and LK-5.

    25 May 1979

    Transferred to VP-8, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LC-88
    Later sequentially marked LC-81 and LC-87.

    By April 1982

    Transferred to Special Projects Squadron 1 (VPU-1), NAS Brunswick, ME.
    Operated with markings: LC-87
    Still marked as VP-8.

    25 June 1982

    Transferred to VP-90, NAS Glenview, IL.
    Operated with markings: LX-3
    Later marked LX-1.

    August 1982


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL, while on low approach after practice the ILS approach to runway 28.

    18 June 1985

    Transferred to VP-67, NAS Memphis, TN.

    From 27 October 1993 to 13 September 1998

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2P103.

    16 September 1998

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armada de la Republica Argentina with s/n 0870/EAE6 and operated with these markings: 6-P-54.

    April 2013

    Assigned to Armada Argentina for storage.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Airliners.Net
    P-3 Orion Research Group by Joe Baugher
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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