February 1989 - Seychelles
![330-CFD-DN-SC-88-08331: An air-to-air right side view of a P-3 “Orion” aircraft from Patrol Squadron 49 (VP-49) flying past Mount Etna while returning from a submarine tracking mission. The squadron, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is deployed to Si... 330-CFD-DN-SC-88-08331: An air-to-air right side view of a P-3 “Orion” aircraft from Patrol Squadron 49 (VP-49) flying past Mount Etna while returning from a submarine tracking mission. The squadron, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is deployed to Si...](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/humanitarian/20th-century/1980-1989/1989-seychelles/_jcr_content/body/media_asset/image.img.jpg/1677781999015.jpg)
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A P-3 "Orion" aircraft from Patrol Wing One was ordered to the Seychelles in February 1989 in response to a Soviet request for assistance. A Soviet scientist from the SRS AA Nesmeyanov was suffering from a severe sickness. The Orion transported U.S. Navy medical experts to the ship.
![P-3 “Orion” flies past Diamond Head Crater, Hawaii, in the 1980s. NHHC Photograph Collection, Navy Subject files. P-3 “Orion” flies past Diamond Head Crater, Hawaii, in the 1980s. NHHC Photograph Collection, Navy Subject files.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/humanitarian/20th-century/1980-1989/1989-seychelles/_jcr_content/body/media_asset_990344346/image.img.jpg/1677782022905.jpg)
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Published: Thu Apr 30 11:53:26 EDT 2020