Editing Lockheed P-3 Orion (section)

===Former military operators===
;{{AUS}}
*[[Royal Australian Air Force]] – 18 AP-3C, 1 P-3C (1968–2023)
**[[No. 92 Wing RAAF|No. 92 Wing]]
***[[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|10 Sqn]], [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|11 Sqn]] and [[No. 292 Squadron RAAF|No. 292 Sqn]]; based at [[RAAF Base Edinburgh]].<ref name=RAAF>{{cite web |url=http://www.raaf.gov.au/aircraft/orion.aspx |title=AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219002508/http://raaf.gov.au/aircraft/orion.aspx |archive-date=19 December 2008 |website=raaf.gov |date=29 March 2009}}</ref>

'''{{flag|Pahlavi Iran}}'''

* [[Imperial Iranian Air Force]] - 6 P-3F operated from 1975 to 1979.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=P-3 Orion Research Group |url=https://www.p3orion.nl/operators.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.p3orion.nl}}</ref>

'''{{Flag|Netherlands}}'''

* [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] ([[Netherlands Naval Aviation Service]]) - 13 P-3 Orion CUP operated from 1982 to 2006. Sold to Portugal and Germany.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2005 |title=Koninklijke Marine heft officiëel twee laatste Orion-squadrons op |url=https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/4/militair/koninklijke-marine-heft-officieel-twee-laatste-orion-squadrons-op |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927211257/https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/4/militair/koninklijke-marine-heft-officieel-twee-laatste-orion-squadrons-op |archive-date=27 September 2022 |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=Luchtvaartnieuws |language=Dutch |location=Valkenburg}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

'''{{NZ}}'''

* [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] - 6 P-3B upgraded to P-3K2 operated by [[No. 5 Squadron RNZAF|No. 5 Squadron]] from 1966 - 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lockheed P-3K2 Orion Patrol Aircraft New Zealand Air Force Navy |url=https://www.seaforces.org/marint/New-Zealand-Navy/P-3K2-Orion.htm |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Five delivered in 1966, with another purchased from the [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] in 1985. All six were upgraded by [[L-3 Communications|L-3 Communications Canada]] and designated the P-3K2, with the first aircraft returned to New Zealand in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NZDF - Arrival of the RNZAF P3K2 Orion |url=http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/2011/20110427-aotrpo.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112194942/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/2011/20110427-aotrpo.htm |archive-date=12 January 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> In 2018, the [[New Zealand Government]] announced that the aircraft would be replaced by 4 new [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Boeing P-8A Poseidon]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news |title=New Zealand to buy four P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft |language=en |work=The Beehive |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-buy-four-p-8a-poseidon-maritime-patrol-aircraft |url-status=live |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710011240/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-buy-four-p-8a-poseidon-maritime-patrol-aircraft |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> By July 2023, these had been delivered, and the P-3's were withdrawn from service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-01 |title=Defence Force's new $2b aircraft take to the sky |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/493004/defence-force-s-new-2b-aircraft-take-to-the-sky |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref>

'''{{NOR}}'''

* [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] - 7 P-3B with two upgraded to P-3N, 4 P-3C operated by [[No. 333 Squadron RNoAF|333 Squadron]] from 1969 to 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kl. 13:33 tok P-8 Poseidon over stafettpinnen |website=forsvaret.no |url=https://www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-presse/aktuelt/p-8-poseidon-tar-over-stafettpinnen |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lockheed P-3C/N Orion Maritime Patrol Norwegian Air Force |url=https://www.seaforces.org/marint/Norwegian-Navy/AVIATION/P-3N-Orion.htm |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saballa |first=Joe |date=2023-05-31 |title=Norway to Retire P-3 Orion Fleet After 54 Years |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/05/31/norway-retire-orion-fleet/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The Defense Post |language=en-US}}</ref> Formerly based at [[Andøya Air Station]].
'''{{POR}}'''
*[[Spanish Air and Space Force|Portuguese Air Force]] - 6 former RAAF P-3Bs upgraded to P-3Ps in the late 1980s and retired in October 2011.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> They were replaced by Dutch P-3 Orion. 
'''{{ESP}}'''
*[[Spanish Air and Space Force]] – Two P-3A HWs, four P-3B ( ex-Norway) upgraded to P-3M, based at [[Morón Air Base]]. Operated from 1971 to 16 December 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Ejército del Aire despide a su último P-3 Orion tras casi medio siglo en servicio |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/4111661/ejercito-aire-despide-ultimo-p-3-orion-casi-medio-siglo-servicio |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
'''{{THA}}'''
*[[Royal Thai Navy]] – two P-3Ts (designated '''B.TPh.2B''' ({{langx|th|บ.ตผ.๒ข}})), one VP-3T, one UP-3T ('''B.TPh.2A''' ({{langx|th|บ.ตผ.๒ก}}));<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thai Military Aircraft Designations |url=https://designation-systems.net/non-us/thailand.html |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=designation-systems.net}}</ref> based at [[U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]] (102 Sqn). Operated from 1995 to 2014.