A P-3C Orion assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1 takes off from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Washington, Feb. 21, 2025. The Navy began a seven-year transition from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon in 2012. All of the active-duty P-3 squadrons successfully transitioned to the P-8 by the Spring of 2020. VQ-1, the ‘World Watchers,’ flew the P-3C Orion and a series of EP-3 Aries from 1969-2025. The final P-3 on NAS Whidbey Island was utilized by VQ-1 as a pilot proficiency training aircraft. Aircraft 588, which departed NAS Whidbey Island on Feb. 21, 2025, was the last P-3 platform to operate from the base when it departed on its final flight.
| Date Taken: | 02.21.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2025 10:50 |
| Photo ID: | 8881307 |
| VIRIN: | 240221-N-AN659-1002 |
| Resolution: | 2400x1600 |
| Size: | 2.29 MB |
| Location: | OAK HARBOR, WASHINGTON, US |
| Web Views: | 47 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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