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That&#8217;s until you look under the wing of the P-8A Poseidon.<br\/><br\/> Its pylons can carry some of the fleet&#8217;s most fearsome weapons, like the heat-seeking Sidewinder missile or the Harpoon anti-ship missile. It may be built on a Boeing 737 airframe, but make no mistake: the P-8A is a warplane.<br\/><br\/> With the constant roar of EA-18G Growlers on the flight line beyond, the service unveiled its new training center for an aircraft that it views as a centerpiece of efforts to deter potential adversaries like Putin&#8217;s Russia.<br\/><br\/> This state-of-the-art airplane supports not only the &#8220;pivot to the Pacific but the reoccurring and the re-emerging Russian threat in the Atlantic,&#8221; Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, the head of the Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, told me in an interview.<br\/><br\/> Unlike the venerable Boeing 737 it&#8217;s based upon, the P-8 isn&#8217;t meant to carry passengers between airports with in-flight movies and beverage service. It&#8217;s built to hunt submarines.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;The need for this aircraft is centered squarely around anti-submarine warfare and being able to provide a long-range quick reaction that nothing else in our Navy can provide,&#8221; said Cozad, a career P-3 Orion pilot whose early career was defined by Cold War missions against the Soviets.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;We&#8217;ve had a holiday from anti-submarine warfare as [the Navy] has been focused on non-traditional overland missions in Afghanistan and Iraq,&#8221; he said, making clear that this hiatus is now over. Cozad and other Pentagon leaders are increasingly concerned about Russia and China&#8217;s advanced submarines that can harass and even threaten American ships.<br\/><br\/> Enter the P-8A. The service is purchasing over 100 P-8As to replace the aging P-3 fleet. Those fliers will be trained in the chess-match of submarine hunting at the new P-8A Fleet Training Center here, an 103,000-square-foot facility where crews learn to fly and operate the jet&#8217;s sophisticated surveillance systems, such as sono-buoys that ping the depths for subs. On my tour through the massive restricted facility, we saw the Weapons Tactics Trainers and full-motion and stilt mounted Operational Flight Trainers. The entire fleet will be switched to the P-8A by 2020.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back on the tarmac, I climbed the stairs into the new P-8A and met Capt. Dave Whitehead, the skipper of Patrol Squadron 30. This is Whitehead\u2019s jet and it is clear he is proud of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A naval flight officer &#8220;with a few thousand hours&#8221; in the P-3, Whitehead says that the new jet is easier on crews \u2014 especially on long-haul missions. Comfort is an important function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If you\u2019re on a P-3 bouncing around and a lot of loud noise, your usefulness degrades through the course of a mission \u2013 not so much with the P-8,&#8221; Whitehead told me. &#8220;That helps with mission accomplishment and recognizing targets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The P-8A has a roomy feel and a spacious layout. Looking rearward from the flight deck, a small airline-like seating area (with overhead bins) is on the starboard side and slightly behind that is a row of panels and single swivel seats. Those are the stations where NFOs manage radars, sono-buoys and more for tactical missions; each workstation is configurable. 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