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	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /e/ep/index.html (34 words)

	Aircraft: Lockheed EP-3E Orion
		EP-3E ARIES II SSIP - SSIP is Sensor Station Improvement Program which is pretty self explanitory.
		The Orion designation has never been officially changed though very few if any in the community call the EP's Orions.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/lockheed/ep-3e.htm (494 words)

	World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Ep
		INDEX OF ARTICLES: Ep Articles are indexed by the first word of the title, including "A," "The," etc.
		World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Ep Events Encyclopedia Localities Companies Surnames Shop
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Ep.htm (169 words)

	Aries II Down: Another Technology Transfer to China (barf alert ! !) [Free Republic]
		The other explanation is that the Chinese aircraft was letting the Aries II know that if they didn't fly to Hainan Island that the Chinese pilots were prepared to sacrifice their lives and ram the plane.
		The "coincidental" nature of this international incident also plays into the hands of the Republican right and the defense contractors clamoring to sell Taiwan the large and profitable arms package which includes the Aegis II missile system.
		The people who fly the Aries II surveillance aircraft equipped with this technology are essentially operating on a wartime protocol, while flying parallel to the coast of a hostile nation.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ad0b82139fb.htm (3054 words)

	EP-3E Aries II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		EP-3E ARIES II The Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II is a turboprop-based signals reconnaissance aircraft, operated by the United States Navy.
		It is based on a Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, which is in turn based on the Lockheed L-188 Electra passenger airliner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/EP-3E_Aries_II (331 words)

	All Wood Wings: EP-3E ARIES II, US Navy
		The last EP-3E ARIES II aircraft was delivered in 1997 and since then they have been supporting NATO forces in Bosnia, joint forces in Korea, and were heavily engaged during Operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch and Allied Force.
		The Lockheed Martin built EP-3E ARIES II is the Navy's only land-based signals intelligence (SIGINT) reconnaissance aircraft.
		During the 1990s twelve P-3Cs were converted to EP3-E ARIES II to replace older ARIES I aircraft.
	www.allwoodwings.com /1-MilitaryPlanes/EP-3,AriesII.htm (183 words)

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		The primary mission of the EP-3E ARIES II is to rapidly assess the tactical situation using a variety of onboard sensors and remote data links, manage this multiple-source data, perform contact processing and events analysis, and disseminate evaluated tactical data to the appropriate Fleet Commanders and in-theater decision makers.
		The EP-3E ARIES II SSIP Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) outlines the requirements for Developmental Test (DT), which was completed December 1999 with ten major discrepancies, and Operational Test and Evaluation (OTandE), which was originally conducted in July, 2000 with the OTandE report released with some discrepancies.
		EP-3E ARIES II and EP-3E ARIES II SSIP organizational level maintenance actions are performed by the operating units on a day-to-day basis in support of their own operations.
	recce-aircrews-memorial.50megs.com /usnavy/ep-3 (4340 words)

	Aircraft: Lockheed EP-3E Orion
		EP-3E ARIES II SSIP - SSIP is Sensor Station Improvement Program which is pretty self explanitory.
		EP-3E ARIES II - Charlie based airframe with upgraded avionics package as well.
		Aries II refers to the generation of its electronic configuration.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/lockheed/ep-3e.htm (494 words)

	EP-3E Aries II
		EP-3E Aries II Lockheed EP-3E Aries II Origin:
	www.combataircraft.com /aircraft/sep3e.aspx (32 words)

	MORE PHOTOS OF OUR PLANE HELD ILLEGALLY BY CHINA [Free Republic]
		Darlene Edmunds, the ex-wife of Josef Edmunds, one of the crew members of a Navy EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance plane detained by China after colliding with a Chinese fighter plane, is seen with photos of the pair's three children, in Davis, Calif., Tuesday, April 3, 2001.
		Coursen is one of 24 crewmembers of a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II forced to land on the Chinese island of Hainan Sunday after a collision with a Chinese jet fighter.
		The United States is demanding that China return the crew and their EP-3E Aries II surveillance plane, which made an emergency landing on the island of Hainan after the collision with the plane.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3acb070471c7.htm (3518 words)

	EP-3E ARIES II
		EP-3E ARIES II The EP-3E ARIES II aircraft is a four-engine, low-wing, electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft utilizing state-of-the-art electronic surveillance equipment for its primary mission.
		The EP-3 Aries a variant of the P-3, which was derived from the ill-fated turboprop-powered Electra airline.
		The ARIES II is capable of a 12+ hour endurance and a 3000+ nautical mile range.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/ep-3_aries.htm (477 words)

	U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II maritime patrol aircraft file photograph.
		A U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II maritime patrol aircraft, similar to the one in this undated file photograph, was involved in a midair collision in international airspace with fighter aircraft from the Republic of China at approximately 8:15 p.m.
		The Aries II is assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One and is operating from Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan.
		Damage to the aircraft was significant enough to require an emergency landing at a military airfield on the island of Hainan, China.
	www.defenselink.mil /photos/Apr2001/010402-D-0000M-001.html (123 words)

	Question of the Day
		According to the official (non classified description) the EP-3E ARIES II SSIP is a flying war room.
		The EP-3E ARIES II is designed for electronic warfare.
		To perform this mission, it must ferret out a potential enemy’s “order of battle” for its radar by tracing emanations from early-warning stations, air-defense systems and air bases when they are “lit up,” or activated.
	www.edwardjayepstein.com /question_spyplane.htm (314 words)

	Lockheed EP-3E Orion (Aries II)
		In April 2001, over international waters, an EP-3E (Aries II) 156511 ‘PR-32’ of VQ-1 was involved in a collision with a Chinese Naval Air Arm J-8IID Finback fighter, resulting in severe damage to the EP-3E and the loss of the Finback, together with the pilot.
		Two USN Fleet Air Reconnaissance Sqns are equipped with a total of 11 EP-3E Orion (Aries II), VQ-1 PR based at Whidbey Island, Washington State and VQ-2 JQ based at Rota in Spain.
		The normal crew of an EP-3E is 24 consisting of 7 officers and 17 enlisted personnel, comprising 3 pilots, a Navigator and a Flight Engineer the remaining 19 comprise the ELINT and COMINT teams and equipment support technicians.
	www.spyflight.co.uk /EP3.HTM (282 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -EP3
		In 1991 the EP-3E Aries II was introduced, eventually replacing the ARIES I, BATRACK and DEEPWELL variants.
		There are a significant number of shared systems and equipment between the EP-3E ARIES II and the ES-3A Shadow aircraft.
		The EP-3E ARIES II interfaces with other Battle Group defense platforms including United States Air Force Airborne Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS), Airborne Command and Control Forces (TACAMO), and sub-surface forces.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=EP3&cat=a&lev=2 (400 words)

	Lockheed Martin EP-3E AIRES II
		The original ARIES I aircraft were converted from the Orion in the 1960s and 1970s.
		Built on an airframe based on the P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the ARIES II is currently the only land-based signals intelligence (SIGINT) reconnaissance aircraft available to the Navy.
		In the 1990s, twelve P-3C Orions were used for the updated ARIES II model.
	thehalberdier.tripod.com /modern/ep3e.htm (112 words)

	China blames U.S. for collision
		The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in a statement read on state television, said the Chinese F-8 crashed after being rammed by the U.S. plane and that its pilot was missing.
		The collision of the Navy surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea is the latest example of what military officials call increasingly provocative Chinese tactics against U.S. forces in the disputed region.
		White House spokesman Ari Fleischer called for a prompt release of the crew.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001-04-02-crew.htm (527 words)

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	Aries II Crew Said Destroyed Its Electronic Spy Data Before Capture
		The Navy EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance plane collided with the Chinese jet over the South China Sea.
		"The United States doesn't understand the reason for an apology," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters.
		U.S. officials said the Chinese plane rammed the spy plane; China blamed the collision on the U.S. plane and said it was subject to Chinese control and inspection because it landed in China without permission.
	www.rense.com /general9/spiesd.htm (994 words)

	Saturday, June 9, 2001
		For VP-1 flyers, the deployment to the Western Pacific had its share of drama after an EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane made emergency landing April 1 on China’s Hainan island.
		As diplomatic negotiations between the United States and China began, VP-1 crews at Misawa were busy preparing a P-3 aircraft to retrieve the 24 crewmembers, of which nine are from Misawa and one from Kadena.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/jun01/ed060901b.html (482 words)

	Karakteristike višenamjenskog zrakoplova EP-3E ARIES II
		Mornaricki zrakoplov tipa EP-3E ARIES II višenamjenska je letjelica.
	www.voa.gov /miscl/croatia/plane0402a.html (103 words)

	CNN.com - U.S., China agree on spy plane return - May 29, 2001
		The heavily damaged EP-3E Aries II has been on a runway on Hainan since an April 1 mid-air collision with a Chinese F-8 fighter jet near the Chinese coast forced the Navy pilot to make an emergency landing on the island.
		Pentagon spokesmen insisted that the most "efficient and cost effective" means of returning the plane would be to repair it on Hainan and fly it out.
		The 24 members of the flight crew were then detained for 11 days by the Chinese government.
	www.cnn.com /2001/US/05/28/us.china.spyplane/index.html (419 words)

	EP-3E Photo Page
		The "first" EP-3E Aries II Aircraft (BUNO 156507), nicknamed "SALLY", departing the Lockheed Plant in Greenville, S.C. (with all of her antennas) 10 June 1990, enroute to NATC PAX River MD for Testing.
		Central Command Area of Operation (Oct. 24, 2002) -- Plane Captain, Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Timothy Adams, stands by in front of an EP-3E Aries II assigned to the "World Watchers" assigned to the "World Watchers" of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) while conducting shutdown procedures.
		A Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. recovery team member prepares the U.S. Navy EP-3E "Aries II" dorsal fin for removal.
	www.lynellen.com /p3orion/ep3ephotos.html (526 words)

	Tuesday, April 3, 2001
		And now the world is watching the political intrigue surrounding Sunday’s incident between a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft and two Chinese fighter jets.
		That same year, VQ-1 received the first EP-3E Aries II, an upgraded version of the Aries I using modified P-3C Orion airframes.
		The ARIES II is capable of routine 12-hour missions and has a 3,000 nautical-mile range.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/apr01/ed040301b.html (374 words)

	Clinton And Bush Both Sold Us Out To Israeli Racists
		The EP-3E Aries II SIGINT system is a conversion of the Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and is operated by a crew of 20.
		As of this issue, the EP-3E programme is thought to encompass 12 aircraft bearing the USN Bureau of Aeronautics Numbers (BuNo) 156507, 156511, 156514, 156517, 156519, 156528, 156529, 157316, 157318, 157320, 157325 and 157326.
		The USN's EP-3E Aries II aircraft plays a major role in America's overall airborne SIGINT capability (Martin Streetly) (1997)
	www.powmadeak47.com /planes/p3.html (2083 words)

	EP-3E ARIES II in China
		The mission of the EP-3E ARIES II is "to conduct airborne electronic reconnaissance to obtain information on areas and targets of naval and national interest." The reconnaissance aircraft constantly provide Fleet, Joint and National Level Commanders with vital and timely intelligence concerning potentially unfriendly forces.
		The EP-3E ARIES (Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronic System) was introduced in 1971 after Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1) had succesfully been operating two earlier versions, know as the EP-3B "Batrack", since June 1969.
		US Navy EP-3E ARIES II 156511/PR-32 has been forced to make an emergency landing in China after what officials describe as a "minor" mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet.
	www.jdunman.com /Intell/hainan.htm (3896 words)

	Wednesday, May 16, 2001
		A Navy spokesman said all 24 members of the crew — eight of them assigned to the Naval Security Group Activity at Misawa and one from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa — reported Monday to the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash., home of the Navy EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane.
		The crewmembers who were detained for 12 days after their Navy surveillance plane made an emergency landing on a Chinese island last month are back at work.
		The plane was damaged April 1 when it collided with a Chinese jet fighter while on a surveillance mission off the southeastern coast of China.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/may01/ed051601a.html (485 words)

	USA and China wrangle over US 'spyplane' - Jane's Aerospace News
		Jane's analysis suggests that it is either a Lockheed Martin EP-3E Aries II signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft or a Lockheed Martin 'Iron Clad' P-3 covert surveillance platform.
		The US Navy's EP-3E Aries II aircraft is a long-rang, tactical and strategic, SIGINT platform based on the P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance airframe.
		A fuller description of the EP-3E Aries II aircraft can be found in Jane's Electronic Mission Aircraft.
	www.janes.com /aerospace/military/news/misc/aries010402_1_n.shtml (627 words)

	Stuffo "How a U.S. Spy Plane Works"
		In the 1990s, the Navy had 12 Lockheed-Martin P-3Cs converted into EP-3E ARIES II aircraft.
		For more information on the EP-3E Aries II and related topics, check out the links on the next page.
		These new planes were designed to replace the aging ARIES I aircraft, which were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
	www.stuffo.com /spy-plane2.htm (211 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fact file: EP-3E Orion (ARIES II)
		The last EP-3E ARIES II aircraft was delived in 1997.
		EP-3Es have been heavily engaged in reconnaissance in support of NATO forces in Bosnia, joint forces in Korea and in Operation Southern Watch, Northern Watch, and Allied Force.
		Background: During the 1990s twelve P-3Cs were converted to EP3-E ARIES II to replace older versions of the aircraft.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2001-04-02-planeinfo.htm (250 words)

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