<p>1월 말에 6기 중 현재 남아있는 3기가 모두 퇴역할 예정으로 마지막 비행을 마쳤습니다. P-8이 아직 운용 전인데 예정보다 6개월 먼저 퇴역시켜 버리네요. </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.janes.com/defence-news/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft/" target="_blank" class="ke-link">https://www.janes.com/defence-news/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft/</a></p><div class="figure-open" contenteditable="false" data-ke-type="opengraph" data-ke-align="alignCenter" data-og-type="website" data-og-title="Royal New Zealand Air Force retires P-3K2 Orion aircraft" data-og-description="The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will retire the last three of its P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) at the end of January 2023 after 57 years of..." data-og-host="www.janes.com" data-og-source-url="https://www.janes.com/defence-news/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft/" data-og-url="https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft" data-og-image="https://scrap.kakaocdn.net/dn/chHOA9/hyRoCTHuL9/2nB5McuHAriuC0QfFpZKMK/img.jpg?width=1280&height=720&face=0_0_1280_720,https://scrap.kakaocdn.net/dn/kdXR3/hyRoGaIOCV/tTYbgSULOxjo2Kk1sMbvyK/img.jpg?width=600&height=400&face=0_0_600_400"><a href="https://www.janes.com/defence-news/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft/" target="_blank" data-source-url="https://www.janes.com/defence-news/royal-new-zealand-air-force-retires-p-3k2-orion-aircraft/"><div class="og-image" style="background-image:url(https://scrap.kakaocdn.net/dn/chHOA9/hyRoCTHuL9/2nB5McuHAriuC0QfFpZKMK/img.jpg?width=1280&height=720&face=0_0_1280_720,https://scrap.kakaocdn.net/dn/kdXR3/hyRoGaIOCV/tTYbgSULOxjo2Kk1sMbvyK/img.jpg?width=600&height=400&face=0_0_600_400)"></div><div class="og-text"><p class="og-title">Royal New Zealand Air Force retires P-3K2 Orion aircraft</p><p class="og-desc">The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will retire the last three of its P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) at the end of January 2023 after 57 years of...</p><p class="og-host">www.janes.com</p></div></a></div><p> </p><p><b>Royal New Zealand Air Force retires P-3K2 Orion aircraft</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>24 JANUARY 2023</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>by Tim Fish</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>   </span></p><div class="figure-img" data-ke-type="image" data-ke-style="alignCenter" data-ke-mobilestyle="widthOrigin"><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/SO0/5d8e21636335a3b97c60980f433dd5e89aa7cb37" class="txc-image" data-img-src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/SO0/5d8e21636335a3b97c60980f433dd5e89aa7cb37" data-origin-width="1280" data-origin-height="720"></div><p>A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft is pictured at RNZAF Base Auckland in Whenuapai on 24 January. The service's fleet of three P-3K2s is being retired at the end of January following 57 years of service. (Tim Fish)</p><p>The<b> Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will retire the last three of its P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) at the end of January 202</b>3 after 57 years of service.</p><p>At RNZAF Base Auckland in Whenuapai on 24 January, No 5 Squadron, which operates and maintains the aircraft, completed a final flypast of the three aircraft in formation. Two of the aircraft will then fly to RNZAF Base Woodbourne where the fleet is being put into storage.</p><p>The decommissioning of the last three P-3K2 Orions from the original fleet of six aircraft is<b> taking place about six months early, before the replacement fleet of four P-8A Orion MPAs has been stood up for operations at No 5 Squadron's new home at RNZAF Base Ohakea.</b></p><p>Wing Commander Glen Donaldson told Janes</p>
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파일럿 비행기량 유지가 관건인데 작년 12월 P-8 1번기를 인도받았으니 그 쪽은 문제가 없나 봅니다.
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