Air Force Events ·P-3 Orion

P-3 Orion Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the P-3 Orion, each with a date and source. See the P-3 Orion overview.

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Events per year 2022–2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 7 Nov 2026.

By event type 7 events logged · 2 airframes lost

Destroyed 1
Crash 1
Damaged 1
Retired 3
Delivered 1

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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P-3 Orion losses, crashes & deliveries

Aircraft Country

SEP 222026 P-3C Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Last NRL NP-3C flown from NAS Patuxent River to AMARG storage; East Coast's last active-duty P-3, replaced by the MC-12S.
MAR 102026 P-3F Destroyed 🇮🇷 Iran · P-3F Orion maritime patrol aircraft destroyed on ground at Kerman Airport by USAF precision strike during Operation Epic Fury; confirmed by CENTCOM video footage.
OCT 142025 P-3C Delivered 🇦🇷 Argentina · Second ex-Norwegian P-3C Orion (6-P-58) arrives at Comandante Espora after a ferry flight from the United States.
MAY 292025 P-3C/CK Crash 🇰🇷 South Korea · P-3 Orion crashed near Pohang; all four occupants killed.
FEB 132025 EP-3E Retired 🇺🇸 United States · Last EP-3E Aries II flown away from NAS Whidbey Island by VQ-1, ending 55 years of Navy EP-3 operations.
MAY 82024 P-3C Damaged 🇯🇵 Japan · P-3C's nose gear failed on landing at Shimofusa; the aircraft veered off the runway and its propellers struck the ground, 12 crew unhurt.
JAN 312023 2× P-3K Retired 🇳🇿 New Zealand · The Royal New Zealand Air Force retired its final two P-3K2 Orion aircraft.