OAK HARBOR, Wash. (March 27, 2017) Sailors, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 40, brief during pre-flight onboard a P-3C Orion aircraft. All positions on the aircraft were occupied by Female Sailors, and the plane was launched by a female lineman.

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