Lockheed P-3C Orion, 158223 / 285A-5568, US Navy
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Registration: 158223
Construction Number: 285A-5568
Code Number: QE-1
Military Unit: VP-40
Model Lockheed P-3C Orion
Operator: US Navy
Airport: Keflavik NAS (KEF / BIKF), Iceland
Photographer: Baldur Sveinsson
Date Taken: 02/06/1985
Date Submitted: 11/08/2012
VP-40 only came to Iceland once and during their time there, the complete obliteration of indivual markings took place in the whole USN P-3 community. Thus it became impossible for spotters and photographers to know which aircraft they were noting, and this really killed my interest in the Orion.
Picture ID:1360222