P-3 Orions or Lockheed L-188 Electras at China Lake Naval Weapons Center

China Lake, California (CA), US

P-3 Orions or Lockheed L-188 Electras at China Lake Naval Weapons Center

China Lake, California (CA), US

Military - R&D, Airplanes - Military - Parked - Misc
By: Pdunn

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Comments

kjfitz

@ 2007-11-28 23:21:34

Those are Lockheed L-188 Electras. The Navy flew a variant that was the P-3 but the P-3 has a distinctive boom off the tail. So it could be either the Electra or P-3s with the booms removed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-188_Electra

Parabellum

@ 2007-11-29 20:04:14

Lockheed only built 170* L-188 Electra airliners.

757* P-3 Orions were built for naval patrol service.

This is a US Navy installation.

I'm betting that these are P-3s.

*Production numbers from Wikipedia

Anonymous

@ 2022-08-12 15:38:04

Two C-130s, two P-3C Orions, one EP-3 Orion.