Navy Poseidons Begin Initial Maritime-Security Missions Out Of Hawaii

The U.S. Navy is deploying P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to Hawaii for the first time this week, reports the Stars and Stripes.

The P-8s are part of a rotational deployment of forces. They will operate out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, said the Navy on Thursday.

P-3C Orion aircraft previously conducted such security missions from those bases.

The Poseidons are assigned to the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron Four (VP-4),...