Pakistan Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion On Its Way To Pakistan

Pakistan Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion serial number 88 arrived at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh, South Australia on February 7, 2012 after a ten hour flight from Pago Pago, American Samoa, using the call sign Navy Victor Romeo Lima Zero Eight.

Using the same call sign, aircraft departed RAAF Base Edinburgh on February 9, 2012, for the four hour flight to RAAF Base Pearce - Western Australia, a one hour technical stop for refueling before heading off to Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.

The aircraft will fly to PNS Mehran, Karachi, Pakistan, from there.

Pakistan Navy P-3C serial number 89 arrived at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia on February 11, 2012, after a ten hour flight from Pago Pago, American Samoa, using the call sign Navy Victor Romeo Lima Zero Seven.

Using the same call sign, aircraft departed RAAF Base Edinburgh Wednesday February 15, 2012 for the four hour flight to RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia, a one hour technical stop for refueling before heading off to Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.

The aircraft will fly to PNS Mehran, Karachi, Pakistan, from there.

These aircraft followed the same routing as a previous Pakistan Navy Orion delivery flight with serials '86' and '87' which traveled together in late May 2010 with the exception that they over-nighted at RAAF Base Pearce.

Pakistan markings are all grayed out and aircraft wear a small star and bar on the fuselage to act as a flag of convenience for delivery purposes.

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