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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:P-3AEW and C Orion
    Last Military Serial:152722 USN
    Construction Number:5162
    Last Civil Registration:N147CS
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P-3AEW and C sn 152722 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:US Customs and Border Protection, Surveillance Branch East, Cecil Field NAS (formerly), Jacksonville, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-3B-65-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    January 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152722.

    6 January 1966

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26) Tridents, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LK-2

    10 August 1967

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: LR-8/LR-6/LR-22

    13 November 1970

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30) Pros Nest, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LL-17

    17 July 1972

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) Proud Pegasus, NAS Brunswick, ME.

    18 April 1973

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30) Pros Nest, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LL-02

    22 July 1974

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10) Red Lancers, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: LD-1

    26 June 1980

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 60 (VP-60), NAS Glenview, IL.
    Operated with markings: LS-3

    12 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview Naval Air Station, IL

    Converted to a P-3AEW and C.

    19 July 1990

    To United States Customs Service, Washington, DC with new c/r N147CS.

    15 April 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun. Lakeland FL

    15 April 2010


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Sun-n-Fun. Lakeland FL

    15 April 2010

    15 April 2010

    27 July 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2010

    13 April 2011

    To United States Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC keeping c/r N147CS.

    Based at US Customs and Border Protection, Surveillance Branch East, Cecil Field NAS (formerly), Jacksonville, FL.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    P-3 Orion Research Group by Joe Baugher
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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