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Boeing delivered 1st P-8A Poseidon production aircraft to US Navy

Seattle, Usa - US Navy plans to purchase 117 airplanes

Boeing on the last days officially delivered the first production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the US Navy in Seattle. The P-8A is the first of 13 anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft Boeing will deliver as part of a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract awarded in 2011. Following delivery in Seattle, Navy pilots flew the first...

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Rome, Italy, 03/07/2012 20:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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