Penguin
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deemed too expensive as the 900m FMS funds were not available.
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From US drone strike kills 15 in North Waziristan | Pakistan Defence
Note the aircraft in the background, rather than the drone.... that looks suspiciously like a P3B with Hawkeye AEW set!
![hawkeye.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.defensenews.com%2Fparis-air-show-2011%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F06%2Fhawkeye.png&hash=140b14775f629d2093535ca34c842edf)
![military_28.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sflorg.com%2Faviation_gallery%2Falbums%2Fmilitary%2Fmilitary_28.jpg&hash=3abe45ef8ffebf27898c7db6b16363a3)
Or....
is it an ex-US Customs P2B, now operated by US Department of Homeland Security (if so, what is it doing in Pakistan?)
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=4be82a7c-2185-42d5-acf8-71c3fbba39bc
![DSC_7982_P-3B_AEW_N144CS_153446_left_front_landing_l.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fair-and-space.com%2F20050323%2520March%2FDSC_7982_P-3B_AEW_N144CS_153446_left_front_landing_l.jpg&hash=a1768e17af5d317a5df23e8b0eacac34)
![DSC_7986_P-3B_AEW_N144CS_153446_left_side_landing_l.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fair-and-space.com%2F20050323%2520March%2FDSC_7986_P-3B_AEW_N144CS_153446_left_side_landing_l.jpg&hash=4b1cf96f69756b55db6adb37a38bcacf)