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skunk-works-digest       Tuesday, 10 December 1996     Volume 05 : Number 749


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From: habu@why.net (habu)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 07:32:52 -0800
Subject: Re: E-Systems

Paula Salles de Carvalho wrote:
> 
> habu wrote:
> (Snip)
> C-130
> > with the AWACS-style rotating radome on top for the Coast Guard...
> 
> Isn't a P3 Orion airframe used on the CG's 'little AWACS' solution?  I
> understand the C130 AWACS is brand new stuff probably intended for
> Malasia or Australia... They have the requirement for this intermediate
> level aircraft.
> 
> Felipe Salles

Yes, there are P-3/AWACS out there, but I don't know who did the mods.
However, I have seen photos of the C-130/AWACS combo in USCG livery.

Greg Fieser

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From: habu@why.net (habu)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 07:32:52 -0800
Subject: Re: E-Systems

Paula Salles de Carvalho wrote:
> 
> habu wrote:
> (Snip)
> C-130
> > with the AWACS-style rotating radome on top for the Coast Guard...
> 
> Isn't a P3 Orion airframe used on the CG's 'little AWACS' solution?  I
> understand the C130 AWACS is brand new stuff probably intended for
> Malasia or Australia... They have the requirement for this intermediate
> level aircraft.
> 
> Felipe Salles

Yes, there are P-3/AWACS out there, but I don't know who did the mods.
However, I have seen photos of the C-130/AWACS combo in USCG livery.

Greg Fieser

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