Poseidon Over Battles wharf

A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Battles Wharf in Fairhope OCT 8th 2025 while the crew practices touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Poseidons–which specialize in detecting and attacking enemy submarines–are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL and NAS Whidbey Island, WA. How much would you have to dig out of your pocket to buy your own Poseidon? Unit cost is estimated at around $180 million. One hundred twenty four Poseidon aircraft are reported to make up the Navy’s current fleet, with eleven more on order. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly half a mile from the aircraft…