P-8 Poseidon
The P-8 Poseidon is a patrol aircraft and (scouting or) reconnaissance aircraft. It is made by the American company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It was developed for the U.S. Navy.
One of its (main jobs or) roles is anti-submarine warfare.
It can work together with the drone, MQ-4C Triton maritime.
Operators
The airplane is used by militaries the following countries
- Royal Australian Air Force – 12 P-8As delivered as of 2022,[1]
- Royal Canadian Air Force – 14 P-8As on order, with deliveries between 2026 and 2027.
- German Navy – 8 P-8As on order,[2] with deliveries beginning in 2025.
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- Indian Navy – 12 P-8Is delivered as of 2022.[3]
- Royal New Zealand Air Force – 4 P-8As delivered as of 2023.[4]
- Royal Norwegian Air Force – 5 P-8As delivered as of 2022.[5][6][7]
- Republic of Korea Navy – 3 P-8As delivered as of 2024.[8]
- Royal Air Force – 9 Poseidon MRA1s delivered as of 2022.[9][10]
- United States Navy – 130 delivered, as 2023.[2]
P-8 Poseidon Media
The rollout of the P-8 on 30 July 2009
A P-8A flying alongside a Lockheed P-3C Orion, close to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, 2010
US Navy pilots in the cockpit of a P-8 in 2019
Crew at work stations inside a P-8
Naval aircrewman at one of the two large observer's windows, the only crew stations with windows.
A US Navy P-8 landing at Kadena AB
An Indian Navy P-8I in flight
An Australian P-8A in November 2020
The Royal Air Force's first P-8
A New Zealand P-8A during Warbirds over Wanaka 2024, with an open bomb bay
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Sources
- ↑ Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to New Zealand. MediaRoom. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedO_D_summ. - ↑ 2nd Biggest Operator Of Submarine Hunters, Indian Navy Receives Its 12th P-8I Poseidon Aircraft From Boeing. eurasiantimes.com (24 February 2022). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ↑ Poseidon fleet complete (2023-07-20)New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ Herk, Hans van. Delivery of final RNoAF Poseidon (in en-GB). www.scramble.nl (27 May 2022). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ↑ TomBixby4. Delivered to Norwegian Air force p8 poseidon 3 of 5.. this one landed at naval air station Jacksonville for training t.co/zQvD91Bez5 (in en) (7 April 2022). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedjanesSK. - ↑ Boeing UK & Ireland [BoeingUK]. Nine aircraft < Two years. Welcome to the latest #P8, just landed at @RAFLossiemouth 👏 t.co/gQ89WWV3wa (in en) (11 January 2022). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ↑ UK receives eighth Poseidon MRA1. Jane's 360 (16 November 2021). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
