P-3C Orion In War On Terror

According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...4-2320885a22dd

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.


Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.

Finally - something about Naval aviation in this newsgroup!

WDA

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According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...4-2320885a22dd

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.


Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.

On Jun 15, 11:40 pm, wrote:
According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.


And they (the bomb bay on P-3s) are heated, too. Of course I have NO
idea how warm they are...

Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

In article . com,
wrote:

Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free
to correct me.

In article . com,
wrote:

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free to correct me.

You might be right. I may have looked at the wrong website.

cheers

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

On Jun 15, 10:40 pm, wrote:
According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.



Probably a lot of Iraqi aircraft to track and Iraqi subs to attack!

LOL!!!





Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.

On Jun 20, 8:07 pm, wrote:
On Jun 15, 10:40 pm, wrote:

According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Probably a lot of Iraqi aircraft to track and Iraqi subs to attack!

LOL!!!

Har har har...

Yeah, a high-endurance airframe with tons of room for avionics and
sensors wouldn't be much good over there. Nope, not much good at all.

Jeb wrote in news:1182434976.484767.193080
@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

On Jun 20, 8:07 pm, wrote:
On Jun 15, 10:40 pm, wrote:

According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?
plckController...

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Probably a lot of Iraqi aircraft to track and Iraqi subs to attack!

LOL!!!

Har har har...

Yeah, a high-endurance airframe with tons of room for avionics and
sensors wouldn't be much good over there. Nope, not much good at all.

Oh, and don't forget the tons of avionics and sensors that fit into that
tons of room!

Dave in San Diego