 In June 2017 the Australian Government announced that two AP-3C Orions would operate over Mindanao in the Philippines to gather intelligence for Filipino forces engaged in the Marawi crisis.The RAAF's Orions are being replaced by up to fifteen Boeing P-8 Poseidons and six to eight MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles between 2015 and 2018.One of the Orions was retired in 2012 or 2013.