The U.S. Navy's primary long-range maritime patrol aircraft no longer possesses the necessary range and time on station to fulfill its missions of antisubmarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, open ocean surveillance and intelligence collection. The capability to refuel the P-3 inflight would allow coverage of key ocean areas of vital interest in the wartime as well as peacetime, but are not presently and in the future may not be accessible. Constraints placed upon this study include the lack of actual flights involving the transfer of fuel, but detailed analysis of accurately predicted performance data suffices. Questionable political stability of some friendly nations was assumed in the final analysis to be unfavorable in respect to forward basing facilities. This paper does not address the financial aspect of the necessary modifications but emphasizes its feasibility, practicality, and applicability. Inflight refueling would enable the P-3 to extend its range and remain on station for sufficient duration, so as to provide the necessary coverage of vital areas of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Greenland and Barents Seas. Recognizing that all present deployment areas are not restricted by fuel limitations. The author recommends that an appropriate number of squadrons be retrofitted to provide an inflight refueling capability.


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    Titel :

    Feasibility, Practicality, and Utility of P-3 Inflight Refueling


    Beteiligte:
    D. J. Brennock (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984


    Format / Umfang :

    47 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch