P-3s and Weapons

• P3 firing a Maverick missile (found 24 April 2001, at http://www.cnet.navy.mil/vp30home/graph/graph.htm); and another shot (found 29 April 2001 at http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/p-3.htm)
• VP47 Maverick shot (found 25 April 2001 at http://www.navy.mil/homepages/vp-47/html/pictures.html)
• AGM-65F Maverick missiles under the wing (found on 13 April 2001, at http://cac8islandhoppers.tripod.com/octoberpics.htm)
• AGM-65F Maverick and AGM-84E Slam missles (found on 13 April 2001, at http://cac8islandhoppers.tripod.com/octoberpics.htm)
• Another shot of the Maverick and Slam (found on 13 April 2001, at http://cac8islandhoppers.tripod.com/octoberpics.htm)
• P3 flying with Slams (the white missiles) and an EATS pod (the red 'missile') (found 29 April 2001, at http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/p-3.htm)
• Dropping two Mark 82s, from a New Zealand (????) P-3. (found on 22 December 2001 at http://www.geocities.com/williamsr_98)
• Firing two missiles (found at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/8574/P3.html on January 25, 2002)
• Forward deployed with Patrol Squadron Four (VP-4) Mar. 24, 2002 -- Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Brian Leonard loads a AGM-65 Maverick air-to surface missile on a P-3 “Orion.” VP-4 is conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo Abrahamson. (RELEASED)
• Kaneohe, HI (Jul. 5, 2002) -- Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Miguel Peterson from Luquillo, PR, guides Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Shane Kitterman from Copan, OK, on finding the center of gravity while loading an AGM-84 “Harpoon” missile under the wing of a P-3 “Orion” aircraft assigned to the “Golden Eagles” of Patrol Squadron Nine (VP-9). The missile will be used in a sinking exercise (SINKEX) during exercise “Rim of the Pacific” (RIMPAC) 2002. The purpose of RIMPAC 2002 is to enhance the tactical proficiency of the participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea among the seven participating countries. The exercises also help build cooperation and foster mutual understanding between the participating nations. Among the countries participating this year are: Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Jane West. (RELEASED)
• 020919-N-3122S-003 Brunswick, Me. (Sep. 19, 2002) -- A P-3C Orion attached to the Tigers of Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) heads to a bombing exercise loaded with MK-20 Rockeye cluster bombs. MK-20 cluster bombs deliver 247 bomblets, which, upon detonation, release a jet of super heated and pressurized gas, which can penetrate 10 inches of steel and 31 inches of reinforced concrete. The P-3C is a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft. The weapon’s dispersion area is roughly the size of a football field. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Shannon Smith. (RELEASED)

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