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Description
| Notes: P-3 striped all ANTI-SUBMARINE warfare equipment. Used for light utility purposes. | ||
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | P-3 | |
| Designation: | UP-3 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | ORION | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Patrol | |
| Modified Mission: | Utility | |
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Specifications
Propulsion
Performance
Operators (Past and Present)
| USN | VPU-2 | NAS Barbers Point | HI |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Mike \"Miguel\" Barbour Abell, MD | Enjoyed an interesting '88 - '91 tour in Kef. Flew many hours on "Hagar" as one of the station FE's. Met a lot of good folks in Kef, especially the dedicated and professional technicians at OMD, that kept the plane in an UP status. Outfitted with passenger-type aircraft seats, its configuration enabled the crew to perform a variety of logistics missions, primarily ferrying personnel on Environmental, Morale and Leave (EML) flights or government personnel for various occassions. Especially enjoyed the West African Training Cruises (WATC), when we would ferry USCOMSOLANT and a group of Navy Band members to 19 various West African countries to "show the flag" and enhance cultural relations between the USA and visited countries. 150495, for the most part, was very reliable and was able to perform the missions well. Presently working at Pax River, MD as a contractor - involved with P-3 training... just can't get away from the platform :-0) 08/13/2007 @ 05:40 [ref: 17587] |
| Stephen Watson Evansville, IN | Enjoyed a great tour with 150495 from 88-89. What a great plane. Just got a new boat and named her VALKYRJA - "hagar" in her honor. RIP 06/05/2007 @ 16:25 [ref: 16752] |
| CHRIS REVELS AT1 brunswick, ME | My 1st tour in the navy was in Iceland OMD working on the the base P-3 I spent 3 years 98-01 at that command been in the navy close to ten years now. I've worked on many P-3 since but non like 150495. I have a command photo next to val 08/28/2006 @ 10:57 [ref: 14014] |
| Bill Rustmann Patuxent River, MD | I had the pleasure of flying on the Kef bird from 1989-1992 prior to transfering to VXN-8 here in PAX. It took me all over and being a crewmen on it, everyone on base wanted to know you. Mainly for car parts when you went back to the States. It was a good 3 years. Sad these planes are retiring. 148883 is on a pedistal here at Pax, first production P-3. 148889 is also here at PAX, it belongs to the Test Pilot School and will soon be it's second flying classroom. It has been redesignated a NP-3D and I have the pleasure of flying on it and maintain it's project gear here as a civilian now. 10/25/2005 @ 15:22 [ref: 11569] |
| Lindsey Donald Edwardsville, IL | The UP-3A "Valkyrja" was the first aircraft I had the pleasure to work on during my tour of duty in NSKEF Iceland (86 - 87). I felt that this was the easiest airplane to work on. Very durable. I recently downloaded a picture of this beautiful airplane.
It saddens me that this aircraft has been retired. . 10/01/2005 @ 01:04 [ref: 11377] |
| David Willett Waterford, MI | Spent a wonderful three years in Kef as crewman on "VALKYRJA". Hard to believe she is resting in a boneyard. If she is in Davis Montham AFB it is fitting. We used to take her there to rob parts from the boneyard. Got to fly in her all over Europe, as South America and Africa. The lady sure knew how to travel. I'll try to find some pictures. Any one who knew her from 86-89 please give me a shout 03/05/2005 @ 23:19 [ref: 9624] |
| AT3 Michael Casaceli Brunswick, ME | A UP-3A, originally a P-3A, was recently retired from NAS Keflavik, Iceland, January, 2004. Was part of OMD Keflavik. Aircraft currently stored in Arizona to my knowledge. Interior was all decked out, and was quite fancy for a P-3, bathroom relocated to the front, rear section was a cargo hold, sonobuoy tubes removed, converted into a cargo hold as well, and cargo rack mounted in bomb bay. Great for logistics.
One P-3A is still on Static display across from an F-4 Phantom at NAS Kef. Paint job is exactly the same as the UP-3A from OMD, but the M.A.D. boom is still on the back. It was used for spare parts, till the UP-3A was decommissioned. That UP-3A few well for her age. 42 years old, yet she looked (and smelled) way better that one would expect. No scent of oil or fuel from her, and the only leaks I noticed was hydraulic fluid from the tail, but it was minor. I got to fly in one of her last flights, and minus the poor cabin pressure, she flew great, quite stable through the whole flight, the landing was soft and controlled, though it was noisy and cold, as all P-3's are. If they needed to, they could have easily kept her flying to her 45th birthday. 08/03/2004 @ 16:37 [ref: 7974] |
| Larry Hardman , UT | BUNO 148883 was re engine approximately in 1993, along with
148889 both UP-3A's. I was the power plants chief at NAWC Warminster. Also did the functional check flight on them since I was also a Flight Engineer. What a difference those -14 engines made. 04/12/2001 @ 21:26 [ref: 2062] |
| Tor Welch Rocklin, CA | The UP-3A was also used as a "VIP" transport for
certain admirals, politicians, Chief of Naval Operations, and others. They were operated by VRC-30 and also a "VR" detachment of VP-30 (and other squadrons) for that purpose. They are probably still in use somewhere, since all VR (landbased) Squadrons are now part of the Naval Reserve Forces; and it just wouldn't seem right for a Regular Navy Admiral to be flown around by mere Reservists! Tor Welch "VR Survivor" 06/24/2000 @ 17:27 [ref: 350] |
