Caption:
Petty Officer 1st Class Leslie Cleaver directs the aircrew in the
flight station to begin engine starts on a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion
aircraft at Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Wash., on Jan. 26,
1996. The Orion is a land-based, long range, anti-submarine
warfare patrol and surface surveillance aircraft. It has advanced
submarine detection sensors such as directional frequency and ranging
sonobouys and magnetic anomaly detection equipment. Cleaver, from
Westminister, Colo., is a Navy Parachute Rigger. The Orion
belongs to Patrol Squadron 46. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd
Class C.T. Yebba, U.S. Navy.
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