The Lockheed P-3 Orion first flew in 1959 ... in most American conflicts from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Several variants have been produced, and the aircraft has been exported around the world.
The Japan MoD said that aircraft like the EP-3, the EW variant of the P-3C Orion, itself being replaced by the P-1 where it uses both the U.S.-origin planes, do ‘not meet the functions and ...