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| Keywords: US Navy 050311-N-3122S-001 Airman Lawrence Than salutes a P-3C Orion, assigned to the Tigers to Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8), prior to take-off in Okinawa, Japan.jpg en Okinawa Japan Mar 11 2005 - Airman Lawrence Than salutes a P-3C Orion assigned to the Tigers to Patrol Squadron Eight VP-8 prior to take-off in Okinawa Japan VP-8 is home-based in Brunswick Maine and is currently on deployment to Okinawa Japan Originally designed as a land-based long-range anti-submarine warfare ASW patrol aircraft the P-3C's mission has evolved in the late 1990s and early 21st century to include surveillance of the battle-space either at sea or over land Its long range and long loiter time have proved invaluable assets during Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF as it can view the battle-space and instantaneously provide that information to ground troops especially U S Marines U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Shannon R Smith RELEASED 2005-03-11 050311-N-3122S-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 22649 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Shannon R Smith PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Okinawa Japan | ||||
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