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====United States==== *[[Buffalo Airways]] β one P-3A, Aerial firefighting|Waterbomber; Buffalo Airways USA Inc - N922AU<ref name="faa">{{Cite web|url=https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumbertxt=922AU|title=FAA Registry - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry|website=registry.faa.gov|access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fireaviation.com/2014/03/19/buffalo-purchases-a-p3/|title=Buffalo purchases a P3|work=Fire Aviation|access-date=28 December 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) β two WP-3Ds flown by NOAA Commissioned Corps officers, previously based at [[MacDill AFB]], now based at [[Lakeland Linder International Airport]], Florida *[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] β one ex-USN P-3B; based at [[NASA]]'s [[Wallops Flight Facility]], Virginia, used for low altitude heavy lift airborne science missions, modified to support passive microwave instruments, such as NOAA's Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR), NASA's 2-DSTAR, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) polarimetric scatterometer (POLSCAT) instruments.<ref>Eastmunt, Catherine. [http://wacop.wff.nasa.gov/LAAPBDesc.cfm "P-3B Description."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611084744/http://wacop.wff.nasa.gov/LAAPBDesc.cfm |date=11 June 2009 }} ''Wallops Flight Facility: NASA''. Retrieved: 14 July 2010.</ref> *[[United States Department of Homeland Security]] / [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|Bureau of Customs and Border Protection]] / [[CBP Air and Marine Operations|Office of Air and Marine]] β eight P-3 AEWs; based at [[Naval Air Station Corpus Christi|NAS Corpus Christi, Texas]], and [[Cecil Airport|Cecil Field]] and [[Naval Air Station Jacksonville|NAS Jacksonville]], Florida. Used for [[United States Border Patrol|border patrol]] and [[anti-drug]] duties. Former USN aircraft, modified and equipped with the same [[airborne early warning]] radar as fitted to the [[E-2 Hawkeye]].<ref>[http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/air_marine/air/aviation_asset/orion_p3b.xml "DHS Air Assets P-3 AEW: Lockheed Orion P-3B AEW."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029162504/http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/air_marine/air/aviation_asset/orion_p3b.xml |date=29 October 2009 }} ''cbp.gov,'' 11 March 2009. Retrieved: 14 July 2010.</ref> *United States Department of Homeland Security / Bureau of Customs and Border Protection / Office of Air and Marine β 8 P-3 LRTs (Long Range Tracker). Former USN aircraft also based at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, and Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Florida. Normally operate in tandem with P-3 AEW aircraft.<ref>[http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/air_marine/air/aviation_asset/orion_p3_lrt.xml "DHS Air Assets P-3 LRT: Lockheed Orion P-3B AEW."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029162605/http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/air_marine/air/aviation_asset/orion_p3_lrt.xml |date=29 October 2009 }} ''cbp.gov,'' 11 March 2009. Retrieved: 14 July 2010.</ref> *[[MHD-ROCKLAND Services, Inc.]] β 5 former RAAF AP-3Cs. Aircraft are FAA Registered as L285D, and based in Keystone Heights, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N665bd|title = Aircraft Inquiry}}</ref> *[[Airstrike Firefighters]] β 1 former [[Aero Union]] Tanker 23, with plans for 6 more P-3s.<ref>[http://fireaviation.com/2018/08/24/colorado-signs-cwn-contract-for-p-3-air-tankers "Colorado signs CWN contract for P-3 air tankers" //] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113434/http://fireaviation.com/2018/08/24/colorado-signs-cwn-contract-for-p-3-air-tankers/|date=26 August 2018}}, accessed 28 August 2018 at [[Fire Aviation]].</ref>
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