311:: Least known of all in the P-3 family. Three P-3As (BuNo 149669, BuNo 149673, and BuNo 149678) were obtained by the CIA from the U.S. Navy under Project STSPIN in May 1963, as the replacement aircraft for CIA's own covert operation fleet of RB-69A/P2V-7Us. Converted by Aerosystems Division of LTV at Greenville, Texas, the three P-3As were simply known as "black" P-3As under Project Axial. Officially transferred from U.S. Navy to CIA in June/July 1964. LTV Aerosystems converted the three aircraft to be both ELINT and COMINT platforms. The first of the three "black" P-3As arrived in Taiwan and were officially transferred to ROCAF's top secret "Black Bat" Squadron on 22 June 1966. Armed with 4 Sidewinder short range AAM missiles for self-defense, the three "black" P-3As flew peripheral missions along the China coast to collect SIGINT and air samples. When the project was terminated in January 1967, all three "black" P-3As were flown to
315:, California, for long term storage. Two of the three aircraft (BuNo 149669 and BuNo 149678) were converted into the only two EP-3Bs in existence by Lockheed at Burbank in September 1967, while the third aircraft (149673) was converted by Lockheed in 1969–1970 to serve as a development aircraft for various electronic programs. The two EP-3Bs, known as "Bat Rack", owing to their period of service with Taiwan's "Black Bat" Squadron, were issued to the U.S. Navy's VQ-1 Squadron in 1969 and deployed to Da Nang, Vietnam. In the 1980s these two planes were based at the Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan with the Atsugi VQ-1 detachment. Later, the two EP-3Bs were converted to EP-3E ARIES, along with 10 EP-3As. The 12 EP-3Es retired in 1990s, when replaced by 12 EP-3E ARIES II.
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143:(SIGINT) capabilities. SIGINT is the interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT). The EP-3E generally has a crew of 24, including linguists, cryptographers and technicians.
258:" that called for "information useful for the execution of the Electronic Patrol-X (EP-X) program which will recapitalize the EP-3E aircraft to provide tactical, theater, and national level Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T) support to Carrier Strike Groups and to Theater, Combatant, and National Commanders."
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American intelligence technology. Although the crew attempted to destroy as much classified material, hardware, and software on
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Chinese intelligence services. An American team was later permitted to enter Hainan in order to dismantle the aircraft, which was subsequently airlifted on board two of Russia's
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The Black Bats: CIA Spy Flights Over China From Taiwan, 1951–1969
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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1012:"Things you should know about budget – CNN.com"
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168:On 1 April 2001, an aerial collision between a
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768:List of active United States military aircraft
763:List of military aircraft of the United States
16:Signals reconnaissance aircraft of the US Navy
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95:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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857:Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it
799:. United States Navy Fact File.
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417:(disestablished on 17 May 2012).
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1117:. Aerospace. pp. 249–253.
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141:Signals intelligence
73:Lockheed Corporation
52:Signals Intelligence
885:. 29 January 2018.
859:. 31 January 2018.
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236:Fictional incidents
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1317:Vega family
1098:15 February
807:15 February
620:Performance
605:Propellers:
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459:4 (minimum)
329:EP-3E ARIES
313:NAS Alameda
268:Replacement
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2270:High Virgo
2234:Big Dipper
2148:Senior Peg
2051:X-44 (UAV)
1944:P-7 LRAACA
1929:S-3 Viking
1790:X-44 MANTA
1417:43 Harpoon
1412:37 Ventura
1400:414 Hudson
1385:10 Electra
1349:7 Explorer
1334:4 Explorer
1310:Transports
1157:0710608012
1124:1874023522
923:9 November
893:1 February
867:31 January
837:9 November
784:References
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2295:Trident I
2280:Ping-Pong
2133:Have Blue
1934:P-3 Orion
1618:Excalibur
1369:DL.1 Vega
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124:P-3 Orion
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2848:282 (II)
2290:Poseidon
2258:Missiles
2239:Explorer
2064:Trainers
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1298:Lockheed
1236:Archived
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887:Archived
861:Archived
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698:See also
686:Avionics
436:Mt. Fuji
374:– 5 EP-3
297:Project.
288:Variants
54:(SIGINT)
2963:400 (I)
2843:282 (I)
2328:numbers
2316:J37/T35
2309:Engines
2285:Polaris
2275:Perseus
2031:Polecat
2026:MQM-105
1996:Aequare
1759:CL-1200
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102:History
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2041:RQ-170
2001:AQM-60
1960:CL-400
1909:Hudson
1754:CL-288
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1524:EC-130
1519:HC-130
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1509:AC-130
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189:China
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2071:T-33
2036:RQ-3
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1989:UAVs
1980:TR-X
1975:TR-1
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1826:F-35
1821:F-21
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118:The
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