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===CP-140A Arcturus=== [[File:CP-140A Arcturus.jpg|thumb|A CP-140A Arcturus 140120 at [[Downsview Airport]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] in 2008]] Lacking the expensive, heavy and sensitive anti-submarine warfare as well as the anti-surface warfare fittings of the CP-140 Aurora, the Arcturus was more fuel efficient and was used for crew training duties (such as ''touch-and-go'' landing practice), general maritime surface reconnaissance (detecting drug operations, smuggling of illegal immigrants, fisheries protection patrols, pollution monitoring, etc.), [[search-and-rescue]] assistance and Arctic sovereignty patrols. The Arcturus did possess a superior AN/APS-507 surface search radar, incorporating modern functions such as [[track-while-scan]] that the Aurora's AN/APS-506 radar lacks but the Arcturus did not have an integrated mission computer, or mission systems. It did, however, maintain the same military communications suite as the CP-140 Aurora.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} All three aircraft were based at 14 Wing. Upon retirement from flying operations, one was used for technician training with [[No. 404 Squadron RCAF|404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron]] on base [[CFB Greenwood]], [[Nova Scotia]], before being moved to the [[Greenwood Military Aviation Museum]] on base. The last two of the CP-140As were retired in 2011 when they were delivered to the [[309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group|Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG)]] in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]].<ref>Nicholson, Pete (Sergeant). [http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/9662/117/ "The Final Flight of CP140/A AC120 to Tucson, Arizona."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317033143/http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/9662/117/ |date=2011-03-17 }} ''aviation.ca,'' 12 March 2011. Retrieved: 20 March 2011.</ref>
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