High value 250 g/m2 silky luster paper poster at the size of DIN A3 (420x297 mm, 16 1/2 x 11 3/4'', DIN A2 and DIN A1 optional) with aircraft scheme and textual descriptions. All texts in german. All sizes larger than DIN A3 will be printed freshly. Therefore allow 1-2 weeks delivery time. Background The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four engine propeller driven airplane which operates worldwide as a nautical reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, as a counter submarine means and for meteorological operations. Her maiden flight was already in 1959. The P-3C has an operational range of 2500 km (1350 NM) with a 3 hour station time in the area of operations. On internal and external stations she can carry 9 tons of weapons. Typically the crew consists of 11 members.In 2006 the German Navy got their first airplane as a substitute for the Breguet Atlantique which was designated to be set out of service. Overall eight used airplanes were bought from the Netherlands and stationed at Naval Wing 3 in Nordholz near Bremen.The Federal Republic of Germany used the P-3C besides other operations during the EU-mission ATALANTA along the coast of Somalia to fight piracy. Airplanes and crews were stationed in Djibouti.

High value 250 g/m2 silky luster paper poster at the size of DIN A3 (420x297 mm, 16 1/2 x 11 3/4'', DIN A2 and DIN A1 optional) with aircraft scheme and textual descriptions. All texts in german. All sizes larger than DIN A3 will be printed freshly. Therefore allow 1-2 weeks delivery time. Background Navy Aviaton are all flying forces of a country which belong to the naval forces. They operate from land or from ships for the purposes of the Navy.While other nations recognized - in comparison to others - early the importance of such forces (e.g. France 1888, Sweden 1903, Russia 1905, Italy 1908, Austria-Hungary 1911) the imperial German Naval Aviation was rather late set to service May 3 1913. With the begin of WW-1 the imperial "Marine" (german for Navy) owed ca. 35 airplanes with Kiel-Holtenau as their central base. Marine airships attacked England with bombs and delivered important air reconnaissance results for the Marine. In the Baltic Sea steamers were modified as mother-ships and operated to attack the coasts of the Baltic Sea with airplanes.During the Nazi-German re-militarisation starting in 1935 the german naval aviation was January 27 1939 - according to Göhrings motto "everything that flies belongs to me" - incorporated in the Luftwaffe. Accordingly poor and inefficient were Luftwaffe's "war at sea" operations for the german Marine analyzing them after the war.Because of the missing prove of value and because the Marine had to operate very often without the support of naval aviation during WW-II, the new German Marine (Bundesmarine) got from its start 1956 again its own naval aviation forces. Actually was the aviation division temporarily the largest partial kommando of the fleet. During its hightime it owed 5 naval flying wings with up to 200 airplanes and helicopters. Uncommon was the high number of up to 121 fighterbombers from the types Hawker Sea Hawk Mk 100/101, Lockheed F-104 G Starfighter und Panavia PA200 Tornado. The Poeples Marine (Volksmarine) of the former German Democratic Republic GDR received rather late in 1963 own naval aviation forces.Since the reunification of Germany in 1990 the naval aviation forces, which included at that time also the Volksmarine units, have been drastically reduced. Until 2005 all remaining fighterbomber were given to the Luftwaffe, and their flying wings disbanded. Naval Aviation Wing 1 (MFG-1) in 1993 and MFG-2 in 2005. The Flotilla of the Naval Flyers was set out of service June 30 2006 and the remaining wings put directly under the Fleetkommando.In the course of a general realignment of the german armed forces all naval flying forces were concentrated on Nordholz airbase near Bremerhaven and October 8 2012 the Kommando of the Naval Flyers was redeployed. Only Two MFGs (Marineflieger Geschwader) remained. One is MFG-3 "Graf Zeppelin" which is responsible for the base Nordholz and equipped with 8 long distance sea surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft P-3C "Orion" and two Do-228 for the fight against sea pollution through ships. The second one is MFG-3 which operates the on-board helicopters and is responsible for search and rescue operations on and off sea.

High value 250 g/m2 silky luster paper poster at the size of DIN A3 (420x297 mm, 16 1/2 x 11 3/4'', A2 and A1 optional) with aircraft scheme and textual descriptions. All text in german language! All sizes larger than DIN A3 will be printed freshly. Therefore allow 1-2 weeks delivery time. History of the German Naval Wing 3 "Graf Zeppelin" As the last flying unit of the post-war German Navy is 1964 the Naval Wing 3 set to service. January 1965 the wing is given its new station Nordholz near Bremen and its official wing crest. July 1 1965 the wing is declared "operational" and on April 1 1967 assigned to NATO. On July 9 1967 the wing gets its traditions related name "Graf Zeppelin" assigned (in former days, Nordholz was a big Zeppelin base). Equipment and personnel of the new wing come from the "Marine-U-Jadstaffel", equipped with FAIREY A.S. 4 GANNET, via Eglinton (established in Northern Ireland), Schleswig and Westerland/Sylt to Nordholz. In January 1966 the new maritime reconnaissance aircraft BREGUET 1150 ATLANTIQUE is introduced and the GANNET set out of service. Starting 2006 the era of the BREGUET ends and it is substituted by the P-3C ORION. October 1 1981 a third flying squadron, the so called "on-board helicopter squadron", is set to service and equipped with SEA LYNX MK 88A which is primarily used for submarine hunting, but also for transport and SAR missions. 1969 the 1st inspection "Sea Survival" is stationed at Nordholz and 1993 put under control of Naval Wing 3.1999 a training squadron is established under the wing which is responsible for the complete flying training of the Navy crews.