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How Many P-8 Poseidon Aircraft Are There?

The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is the US Navy's advanced maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, providing anti-submarine, anti-surface, and ISR capabilities. The aircraft first entered service in 2013 ...
Townhall

The P-8 Poseidon Is Increasingly Important for the Defense of Our Nation

The P-8 Poseidon — named for the mythological Greek Olympian who presided over the sea — is the Navy’s high-tech wartime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. It is popularly known as the world’s most ...
Navy Times

See video of a Russian jet intercepting US Navy P-8 Poseidon for second time in less than a week

In the past week, U.S. and European NATO forces have experienced a number of incursions from Russian jets, including a couple of "unprofessional" close passes. A Russian jet intercepted a U.S. Navy ...
The National Interest

P-8A Poseidon: The Backbone of the US Navy’s Anti-Submarine Strategy

At the strategic level, the P-8 Poseidon plane represents an important shift in how the US and its allies approach sea control. In the US maritime arsenal, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon has emerged as one ...
The National Interest

Is the Boeing P-8 Poseidon Patrol Plan Turning Into a Bomber?

Is the Boeing P-8 Poseidon Patrol Plan Turning Into a Bomber? If the fleet follows through on the plan to arm the Poseidon with anti-ship missiles, precision-guided bombs, mines and aerial decoys, the ...
Seattle Times

Boeing’s P-8 is the 737 with missiles, sonar and a specialty in hunting submarines

At Boeing’s Renton assembly plant, there’s a fourth, slow-moving assembly line in a separate building from the three main jet-production lines. The main lines are churning out at record rates two ...
The Aviationist

South Korea’s P-8 Poseidons Are Now Operational

The Republic of Korea Navy will use its new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to detect underwater North Korean threats. The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) is now employing operationally its new ...
The Florida Times-Union

MTOC-1 ready to support first P-8 deployment

For the week of July 29, Tactical Operations Center-Jacksonville is standing down as Mobile Tactical Operations Center (MTOC) One takes over the Operations Control Center (OPCON) watch duties for ...
Forbes

Navy Shortfall In P-8 Antisubmarine Aircraft Could Be A Problem For The Air Force Too

For the last ten years, the U.S. Navy has been fielding the world’s most advanced maritime patrol aircraft, a militarized version of the Boeing BA 737 jetliner that can fly farther and faster than the ...
Aviation Week

Program Dossier: P-8 Poseidon

[Editor’s Note: This dossier is excerpted from the full program profile, available to Aviation Week Intelligence Network subscribers at awin.aviationweek.com, which also features sections on program ...
Business Insider

This Massive Navy Plane Is The Most Advanced Search Aircraft In The World

The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is a multifunctional aircraft that was introduced into the U.S. Military in November 2013. Replacing the P-3 Orion, the Poseidon is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, ...
Business Insider

See inside the modified Boeing 737 US Navy patrol plane the government just ordered $1.5 billion more of. Take a look at the P-8 Poseidon.

Boeing recently secured a $1.5 billion order from the US Navy for additional P-8 Poseidon aerial patrol aircraft. First delivered to the Navy in 2012, the P-8 is a multi-role aircraft based on the ...