Technicians at the US Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast at NAS Jacksonville, Florida, completed the installation of the first new set of wings on a Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft in November 2011. The Navy officials noted that the new wings, manufactured at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, will add 7,500 flight hours before a structural inspection is required. This first P-3 was inducted into the modification line in January 2011. The aircraft is shown near the seawall at NAS Jacksonville on 19 December 2011 prior to a wet check on the fuel systems in the wings. The aircraft is scheduled for redelivery in early 2012.
