Boeing Touts First Flight of P-8A Poseidon Headed to Germany
Country’s Naval Air Wing 3 is expected to take delivery of the maritime surveillance aircraft later this year.
Country’s Naval Air Wing 3 is expected to take delivery of the maritime surveillance aircraft later this year.
The U.S. Navy award includes 14 P-8s for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three for the German Navy.
Salvage teams used inflatable roller bags during the operation to pull the maritime reconnaissance aircraft onto the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay.
All nine on board were uninjured after the maritime patrol aircraft attempted to land at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
A Chinese fighter jet “cut across the nose” of an Australian P-8 surveillance aircraft and released chaff, which was sucked into its engines, according to Australian defense officials.