Editing Lockheed P-3 Orion (section)

===Pakistan===
[[File:Pakistan Navy Orion Asuspine.jpg|thumb|A Pakistan Navy P-3C Orion in [[Quetta]], in October 2010]]

Three P-3C Orions, delivered to the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1996 and 1997 were operated extensively during the [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]]. After the crash of one with the loss of an entire crew, the type was grounded; nonetheless, the aircraft were maintained in an armed state and airworthy condition throughout the escalation period of 2001 and 2002. During 2007, they were used by the navy to conduct signals intelligence, airborne and bombing operations in a [[Operation Black Thunderstorm|Swat offensive]] and [[Operation Rah-e-Nijat]]. Precision and strategic bombing missions were carried out by the P-3Cs; intelligence management operations were also conducted against Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives.<ref>Mackey, Robert. [http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/ "Before Attack, Pakistan's Navy Boasted of Role in Fight Against Taliban."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617162912/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/before-attack-pakistans-navy-boasted-of-role-in-fight-against-taliban/ |date=17 June 2012 }} ''The New York Times,'' 23 May 2011. Retrieved: 10 April 2012.</ref>

On 22 May 2011, two out of the four Pakistani P-3Cs were destroyed in an [[PNS Mehran attack|attack on PNS Mehran]], a Pakistani Naval station in Karachi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/05/26/foreign-hand-behind-pns-mehran-base-attack-in-pakistan/|title=Foreign Hand Behind PNS Mehran Base Attack in Pakistan.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529111233/http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/05/26/foreign-hand-behind-pns-mehran-base-attack-in-pakistan/|archive-date=29 May 2011|work=Pakalert Press|date=26 May 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, the U.S. agreed to replace the destroyed aircraft with two new ones.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/17/us-to-replace-two-p3c-orion-aircraft.html "US to replace two P3C Orion aircraft."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902025903/http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/17/us-to-replace-two-p3c-orion-aircraft.html |date=2 September 2011 }} ''Dawn.com,'' 17 June 2011.</ref> In February 2012, the U.S. delivered two additional P-3Cs to the Pakistan Navy.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/620407-pakistan-navy-receives-two-p3cs "Pakistan Navy receives two P3Cs."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219171113/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/620407-pakistan-navy-receives-two-p3cs |date=19 February 2017 }} ''News International,'' 22 February 2012. Retrieved: 9 April 2012.</ref>

On 18 November 2016, during [[2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes|tensions]] with India, the Pakistan Navy dispatched various ASW units, including P-3Cs, in response to reports of an [[Indian Navy]] submarine that was allegedly loitering in close proximity to the Southern territorial waters of Pakistan in the [[Arabian Sea]]. This submarine was swiftly intercepted by the Navy Orions and forced away from the territorial boundaries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=3571 | title=Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan | access-date=1 August 2022 | archive-date=26 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726045657/https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=3571 | url-status=dead }}</ref>