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Come See Iraq by Air – EP-3 Aries

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for US Naval Forces and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner. The aircraft is easily recognizable from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or “MAD Boom”, used for the magnetic detection of submarines.

The Lockheed EP-3 is the signals reconnaissance version of the P-3 Orion, operated by US Naval Forces.