from this 6 of September, un Lockheed P-3 Orion de U.S. Customs and Border Protection iniciará border control flights in Ecuador.
the grandfatherón belonging to Customs and Protectionón United States border – CBP, arriveá a la base Simón Bolivar del Guayaquil airport to initiate tasks in conjunction with Ecuador.
This aircraft operateá for a period of not less than 3 months on reconnaissance and protection flightsóborder. The flights will haveán control of the Ecuadorian authorities at all times and under no circumstancesúThe concept represents the installationón of a foreign base in our countryís.
With initial base at Guayaquil Airport, it is not ruled out that it lands and operates in other airports on the Ecuadorian coast such as Esmeraldas, salt flats or Manta.
U.S.. Customs and Border Protection
CBP (by its acronym in Englishés) is the enforcement agencyón of the federal law más large of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and is the main organizationócountry border control numberís. Responsible for regulating and facilitating international trade, collect import dutiesón and enforce US regulations. UU.
Among its functions, control stands outéprisoner of the United States border and in paíyour allies, with the objective of blocking the entry of drugsáI stay for youíthe marina or land.
Its fleet of aircraft isá made by Marine Control (Bombardier DHC-8), Surveillance (Cessna 210, Cessna C-55, Super King Air, Lockheed P3 LRT, Pilate PC-12), AWACS (Lockheed P-3 AEW&C), Helicópteros (Bell UH-1, Sikorsky S-76, UH-60, Eurocopter AS350, EC120) y UAVs (General Atomics MQ-9).
The Lockheed P-3 Orion
CBP has two variants of the cl in its fleetásico P-3 Orion, la LRT and la AEW&C, both versions very similar, that differ úonly in additional equipment in the nose such as sensors óoptical.
These variants of the P-3 Orion is for the exclusive use of the U.S.. Customs and Border Protection for detection missionsón of trádrug and security crime.
Characterístatic
His main characterístatic is the radome or round antenna on the top of the aircraftón. This equipment is the one that allows, together with others, I detected itóil activity numberídate on sea and land.
The charactersíGeneral aesthetics of the P-3 Orion are as follows, although they can change in speed máxima, independentía, aviónica and othersún each of the variants:
General
- Crewón: 11
- Length: 35.6 meters
- Wingspan: 30.4 meters
- Alto: 11.8 meters
- Useful load: 26,400 kg
- Pesos mátakeoff time: 64,400 kg
- engines: 4 × Allison T56-A-14 turboprop
- Hélists: Four hoursélices Hamilton Standard, 1 per engine.
- TamañO: 4.11 meters
Performance
- Speed máxima: 750 km/h
- cruise speed: 610 km/h
- Rank: 4,400 km
- patrol range: 2,490 km o 3 hours.
- service ceiling: 8,625 meters
Aviónica
- RADAR: Raytheon AN/APS-115 Maritime Surveillance Radar, AN/APS-137D(V)5 Inverse Synthetic Aperture Search Radar
- IFF: APX-72, APX-76, APX-118/123 Interrogation Friend or Foe (IFF)
- MARCH/IR: ASX-4 Advanced Imaging Multispectral Sensor (AIMS), ASX-6 Multi-Mode Imaging System (MMIS)
- ESM: ALR-66 Radar Warning Receiver, ALR-95(V)2 Specific Emitter Identification/Threat Warning
- Hazeltine Corporation AN/ARR-78(V) sonobuoy receiving system
- Fighting Electronics Inc AN/ARR-72 sonobuoy receiver
- IBM Proteus UYS-1 acoustic processor
- ASA-65 magnetic compensator
- Lockheed Martin AN/ALQ-78(V) electronic surveillance receiver
This aircraft allowá improve the control of entry and exit of drugs in Ecuador and serveá at Armed forces to know how this type of mission works until one of the Gulfstream planes of the FAE come into service for these same functions.
This will beá the second time in history that this type of aircraftódo not operate in Ecuador, since during the FOL's stay at the Manta Base, Some of these specimens operated.
Good Morning, Nicolas Larenas, excellent report about this aircraft, I hope that the FAE or the Naval Aviation acquires one of these aircraft to fulfill its tasks of fighting drug trafficking and maritime patrol, because it is necessary to modernize the aircraft fleet of the Armed Forces, since some aircraft currently in service such as the Lockheed C-130 are nearing the end of their useful life. My suggestion to contribute is, by cost-benefit, buy a fleet of 3 Lockheed P-3 aircraft, 2 for Naval Aviation and 1 for the FAE.
It would be very interesting. It seems to me that the FAE will implement surveillance systems like those of the P-3 in the Gulfstream.
Excellent! Hopefully it significantly favors the fight against drug trafficking. And the Lockheed Orion without a doubt a great aircraft developed from the iconic L-188 Electra that flew the Ecuadorian skies.