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After checking Google for awhile I came across this=http:http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/nov06-20.php The Orion is a NP-3D as in the attached photo= [ATTACH]185645[/ATTACH]
That is the billboard variant of the NP-3D.
The NP-3D type used in Afghanistan was the following.
‘Figure 1. The Naval Research Laboratory NP-3D Orion taxiing at Kandahar International Airport, June, 2006.’
Details of the survey and equipment used on the Orion.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/dr-book-club-afghanistans-high-tech-rock-collectors/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1089/Afghan_grv.html
http://afghanistan.cr.usgs.gov/airborne.php
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA518204&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
Details of the WB-57 missions during 2007.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1235/downloads/OF08-1235_508.pdf
http://intelros.ru/pdf/jfq_51/29.pdf
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/sniff-test.htm
TJ