From Scott Anthony on Twitter:
Scott Anthony @ScottAnthonyUSA
4 hours ago
INTERESTING FLIGHT: @USNavy P-8A Poseiden ANTI-SUBMARINE patrols off of Delaware / Maryland / Virginia regions (DELMARVA). 1/18/2018 14:000ET
Link:
https://twitter.com/ScottAnthonyUSA/status/954069678615351297
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Scott Anthony @ScottAnthonyUSA
4 hours ago
Actually a good number of P3 Orion / P8 Poseiden flights around CONUS today... could be routine, or could be related to reports of a Russian submarine spotted off the United States... it's anyone's guess, but we can make an educated on it has to do with the Russian sub.
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From Twitter:
Threat Tec @ThreatTec
"In response to an increased Russian naval presence in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, the Navy is renovating a hangar to accommodate submarine-hunting P-8A Poseidon aircraft, reported Stars and Stripes."
Here's more information:
January 9, 2018
Although the U.S. Navy is refurbishing facilities on a former air base in Iceland as part of a renewed military focus on the North Atlantic, Navy officials say that does not mean a return of stationing U.S. troops in the strategically vital nation.
The Navy has been allotted nearly $36 million in the two most recent defense budgets to refurbish a hangar at Naval Air Station Keflavik to accommodate its submarine-hunting P-8A Poseidon jets.
The funding comes from an initiative begun after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, and as a response to Moscow sending more sophisticated submarines and surface warships into the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
https://www.stripes.com/news/no-per...celand-despite-construction-projects-1.505835