2007-06-25 07:31:04 · 5 answers · asked by 1 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The mighty P-3C Orion !! Though the Navy is looking at replacing the Orion with the P-8A Poseidon (a modified Boeing 737) in 2009-2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-8_Poseidon
There is also coming soon the MQ-9 Mariner (a version of the Predator for maritime patrol) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper#Navy_version and Northrop Grumman has offered a version of the RQ-4B Global Star for the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAV contract competition.
The S-3B Viking is NOT a Maritime Patrol aircraft !! It is for carrier-based Sea Control.
2007-06-25 15:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Coastguard has also recently taken the HC-144, a maritime patrol derivative of the CN-235, into service.
2007-06-25 21:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by AndyG45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the navy uses the S-3 Viking and P-3 Orion. The coast Guard uses the C-130 and the HU-25 Falcon. After that it's all helo's.
2007-06-25 09:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The P-3 Orion.
2007-06-25 07:52:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They use the P3 Orion - just like us :)
Calnickle - that comment I made about supercharged radials was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment - I really am aware of the difference between turbo and supercharged. :)
2007-06-25 10:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by skytrain18 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋