Norway’s new ‘eyes and ears’ in the north performs maiden flight
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon plane flew from a factory in Washington on Monday.
The first of five new Boeing P-8A Poseidon planes to fly out from Evenes airport in northern Norway, over waters where Russian submarines are sailing more frequently, flew its first flight from Boeing’s Renton, Washington facility on Aug. 9.
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