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Preflight check on a P3C Orion, 1977

By Joe Gromelski
Published: August 27, 2011
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Misawa Air Base, Japan, March, 1977: Airman Mark Fletcher conducts a preflight check on a P3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft before a training mission by a Patrol Squadron 40 crew.

RELATED MATERIAL:
Stars and Stripes' 1977 story about Patrol Squadron 40.

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