10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EP-3E VQ-1 2001: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-13: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 3. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-15: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 4. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-16: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 5. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-2: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 6. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-3: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 7. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-5: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 8. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-6: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 9. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-8: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
- 10. 20190327 EP-3E Aries Tail 156529 Kadena AB-9: Balon Greyjoy· CC0
what is it?
The Lockheed EP-3 is an electronic signals reconnaissance variant of the P-3 Orion, formerly operated by the United States Navy.
How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · 30.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 5.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 30.4 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- status
- still flying
- number built
- —
- role
- signals intelligence (sigint)
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 4× Allison T56-A-14
- crew
- 4
- length
- 35.6 m
- wingspan
- 30.4 m
- height
- 10.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 64.4 t
- top speed
- 704 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,534 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1137534, Wikipedia: Lockheed EP-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.