The Age of Orion
The Age of Orion is the first book devoted solely to the development and operational use of the illustrious USN maritime patrol and anti-submarine hunting aircraft the Lockheed P-3 Orion.
David Reade details for the first time the complete history and walks you through all the different models, versions and variants. The book authoritatively establishes the Orion's different configurations, roles and missions it performs, as well as describes its endless array of capabilities currently and into the future. Besides chronicling all of its international operators, and their future upgrade programs, The Age of Orion contains comprehensive and informative appendices, charts, graphs, and impressive illustrated Bureau Number Aircraft Location listing of every P-3 Orion in the world. This list is packed with additional historical data and photos of particular P-3 Orions. Over 280 color photographs illustrate all of the various U.S. Navy and foreign markings during the aircraft's thirty-plus year history.
Articles
Please note- These articles are high quality PDFs, and as such are considerably large in file size. For those on slower internet connections, please allow extra time for the files to download.
Current
- Under Construction
Archival
- ASW Log, March 1991
- ASW Log, Fall 1991
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 1991
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, September 1992
- ASW Log, Fall 1992
- Naval Aviation News, November-December 1992
- Airborne Log, Summer 1993
- Airborne Log, Australia's P-3 Refurbishment Program, Fall 1993
- Airborne Log, S-3 Viking Twentieth Anniversary Review, Fall 1993
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Worldwide P-3 Status Report, 1993
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, 1993
- Airborne Log, Spring 1994
- Airborne Log, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Fall 1994
- Airborne Log, S-3 Viking Service Life Assessment Program, Fall 1994
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Worldwide P-3 Status Report, 1994
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Airborne Multi-Sensor Pod System, 1994
- Airborne Log, Royal Thai Navy Orion 0wner and Operator, Spring 1995
- Airborne Log, Outlaw Viking, Spring 1995
- Airborne Log, Summer 1995
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Worldwide P-3 Status Report, 1995
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, ASW Training Capital of the World, 1995
- Sky Power, Fall 1996
- Airborne Log, 1996
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 1996
- Greek P-3B Orion Articles, 1996
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Worldwide P-3 Status Report, 1996-1997
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, P-3 Orion Surveillance Mission, 1996-1997
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, VP International Memorial Dedication, 1998
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, Book Review, 1998
- Seapower, December 2000
- National Defense Digest, 2000
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 2000
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 2001
- Seapower, June 2002
- Wings of Gold, Summer 2002
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 2002
- Seapower, June 2003
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 2003
- Maritime Patrol Aviation, 2004
