<p><br><P> St. Mary's County is occasionally visited by hurricanes and their leftovers, but Jim McFadden has personally visited 563 storms aboard P-3 Orion airplanes.<P> "I don't fly a lot anymore.

How Lockheed’s P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Robert Bernier A P-3C Orion assigned to VP-46 commands the ramp at Washington’s Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, in 2017. U.S. Navy/ Petty ...

From a console within the Orion’s windowless midsection (called “the tube” by aircrew), Warburton’s job as a tactical coordinator (TACCO) was to evaluate information from the P-3’s three sensor ...