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| Keywords: P-3W RAAF 11 Sqn 1990.jpeg A Lockheed P-3W Orion aircraft of No 11 Squadron No 92 Wing Royal Australian Air Force RAAF flying over Butterworth Malaysia on 1 Jul 1990 This P-3C was delivered to the RAAF on 30 Apr 1986 Lockheed construction number 5793 U S Navy Bureau Number 162664 RAAF serial A9-664 the P-3W was a P-3C Update II 5 and the RAAF used this designation to distinguish between the 10 originally bought P-3Cs and the second Update II 5-batch Starting in 2002 all of Australia's P-3C/W were modified to the AP-3C Australian P-3C standard The Orion is the workhorse of No 92 Wing located at RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide who are responsible for conducting long-range surveillance missions within Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans US Defense Visual Information Center photo DN-SC-92-06792 1990-07-01 Camera Operator Butterworth PD-USGov A9-664 aircraft No 11 Squadron RAAF P-3 Orion of the Royal Australian Air Force | ||||
