European Maritime Patrol Aircraft

SURVEY European MPAs Part 2 P-3B 152744 during an engine test at Elefsis prior to making the flight to Tanagra for upgrade by HAI. Mike Green Orion’s new Greek odyssey Greece By 1990, the Hellenic Air Force’s (HAF’s) fleet of Grumman HU-16 Albatrosses was obsolete. The US government initially offered to replace them with six P-3As as part of a co-operative defence agreement but, after much deliberation, Greece eventually ordered six ex-US Navy P-3Bs and four P-3As that had been