A Royal Australian Air Force member performs pre-flight activities for a RAAF AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft Oct. 3, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The RAAF's Orions are being replaced by up to a fifteen Boeing P-8 Poseidons and six to eight MQ-4C Tritons with the intent to retire the Orion by 2019.

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