040818-N-2559S-013 Jacksonville, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2004) - Patrol Squadron Three Zero (VP-30) navigator, Ensign Jeremy M. Hansler, checks the aircrafts position during a cross-country flight in a P-3C Orion. VP-30 provides fleet training for aircrews qualifying in the P-3 Orion airframe. Originally designed as a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft, the P-3C's mission has evolved in the late 1990s and early 21st century to include surveillance of the battlespace, either at sea or over land. Its long range and long loiter time have proved invaluable assets during Op


040818-N-2559S-013 Jacksonville, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2004) - Patrol Squadron Three Zero (VP-30) navigator, Ensign Jeremy M. Hansler, checks the aircrafts position during a cross-country flight in a P-3C Orion. VP-30 provides fleet training for aircrews qualifying in the P-3 Orion airframe. Originally designed as a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft, the P-3C's mission has evolved in the late 1990s and early 21st century to include surveillance of the battlespace, either at sea or over land. Its long range and long loiter time have proved invaluable assets during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Alesha A. Stanaitis (RELEASED) US Navy 040818-N-2559S-013 Patrol Squadron Three Zero (VP-30) navigator, Ensign Jeremy M. Hansler, checks the aircrafts position during a cross-country flight in a P-3C Orion


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