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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3A-40-LO Orion
    Last Military Serial:151372 USN
    Construction Number:5085
    Last Civil Registration:N923AU
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3A-40-LO sn 151372 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Airstrike Firefighters Llc, Kenmore, WA

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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 151372.

    Transferred to VP-65, NAS Point Mugu, CA.

    6 December 1985

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2P0022.

    To US Forestry Service with new c/r N185AU.

    27 December 1989

    To Aero Union Corporation, McClellan, CA with new c/r N923AU.

    From 27 December 1989 to By 1991

    Operated by Aero Union Corporation, Chico Municipal Airport, Chico, CA.
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    Operated as fire service #23.

    From By 1990 to By 1991

    Stored uncovered at Chico, CA.

    20 February 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR923AU (P-3A, 151372) issued.

    June 1992


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N923AU - P-3A - Aero Union in June 1992

    Circa October 2001


    Photographer: Norm Jukes
    Notes: Photographed at Chico, CA.

    23 July 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR923AU (P-3A, 151372) issued.

    4 November 2010

    To Aero Union Corporation, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N923AU.

    Based at McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    25 April 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR923AU (P3A, 151372) issued.

    By 19 September 2011

    Operated as fire service #23 with markings: AERO UNION

    19 September 2011


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

    28 February 2013

    To VRB Corp, Detroit, MI keeping c/r N923AU.

    7 November 2013

    To United Aeronautical Corp, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N923AU.

    1 December 2017

    To Airstrike Firefighters Llc, Kenmore, WA keeping c/r N923AU.

    5 November 2019


    Photographer: Tom Vance
    Notes: KRDD: Air Strike Tanker 23 on final for Runway 34 returning for more phos check at the USFS Norcal Tanker base while helping fight fires in Northern California. T=23 was an awesome plane to watch in the circuit and seemed like a great Tanker platform - sad to see them not flying 2023

    22 August 2020


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at McClellan Park in Sacramento, CA.

    22 August 2020


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at McClellan Park in Sacramento, CA.

    12 April 2021

    Civil registration, N923AU, cancelled.

    1 March 2025

    To unknown owner with c/r N923AU.
    Sale reported to a new owner in North Hollywood, CA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    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
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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