SingaporeDon, alex_b,

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The U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, Serial #168429/LF-429, participating in the missing MH370 search operations co-ordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is assigned to the Patrol Squadron VP-16 "War Eagles", based at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida, U.S.A. VP-16 is currently deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet (Pacific Fleet), based at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, where is the area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The USN Poseidon P-8A #429 first flew in to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 15th for the previous search operations and then to Perth, Australia on March 18th...

P-8A Poseidon Arrives in Australia, Continues MH370 Search

INDIAN OCEAN (March 19, 2014) Lt. j.g. Kyle Atakturk, left, and Lt. j.g. Nicholas Horton, naval aviators attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, pilot a P-8A Poseidon during a mission to assist in search and rescue operations for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.