#s-3a

[nocternalrandomness]

U.S. Navy photo of a Lockheed S-3A Viking VS-37 "Sawbucks" in flight on 11 December 1986

[coldwarairforce]

U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat, A-6E Intruder, F/A-18A Hornet, E-2C Hawkeye and S-3A Viking aircraft overfly the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) during its commissioning ceremony, 25 October 1986.

[usafphantom2]

VS-28 Lockheed S-3A Viking 159728 by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: C.N. 394A-1057. Burned on NAS Alameda flightline in 1979. Finally SOC in 1990 and scrapped. Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (reprint scan)

[usafphantom2]

VS-21 Lockheed S-3A Viking 159404 by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: Built as S-3A Viking. C.N. 3040. To MASDC 4 November, 1977 as AA 2S0002. Returned to service 1 December, 1985. Modified to ES-3A. Withdrawn from service to AMARC 25 May, 1999 as AA 2S0043. SOC 8 January, 2003. photo Credit's: Unknown to me (reprint scan) 1970's photo.

[titanium-rain]

A Lockheed S-3A Viking aircraft of anti-submarine squadron VS-31 in flight with an ASQ-81 Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) boom extending from the tail section. The aircraft was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in 1983.

[titanium-rain]

A Lockheed S-3A Viking aircraft from the anti-submarine squadron VS-37 Sawbucks on 11 Dec 1986, assigned to Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64).

[titanium-rain]

A U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3A Viking aircraft (BuNo 159755) assigned to anti-submarine squadron VS-32Maulers on the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66), on 6 May 1982. Note the extended magnetic anomaly detector.

[toocatsoriginals]

Lockheed ES-3A Shadow - US Navy Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Modified S-3A Vikings

via Detail & Scale