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The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation.Because of its characteristic sound, it was nicknamed the "War Hoover" after the vacuum cleaner brand.
Navy One is the call sign of any United States Navy aircraft carrying the president of the United States. [ 1 ] There has only been one aircraft designated as Navy One: a Lockheed S-3 Viking , BuNo 159387 , assigned to the "Blue Wolves" of VS-35 , which transported President George W. Bush to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the ...
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A TF34 attached to an A-10 Thunderbolt II A TF34 mounted on the starboard pylon of an S-3B Viking aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II; IML Addax; Lockheed S-3 Viking; Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel; Sikorsky S-72
The Tracker was eventually superseded in U.S. military service by the Lockheed S-3 Viking; the last USN Tracker operational squadron (VS-37 with S-2G models) was disestablished in 1976. The last Navy S-2 was withdrawn from service on 29 August 1976. [ 8 ]
The squadron flew the Lockheed S-3B Viking and their mission was mining, undersea and surface warfare, electronic reconnaissance and analysis, over the horizon targeting, and aerial refueling. The squadron was last attached to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) and was the last squadron flying the Viking. VS-22 was disestablished in a ceremony ...
A United States Navy Lockheed S-3 Viking from USS Nimitz is lost near Sardinia with all four aviators killed. [42] 22 November United States Navy LTV A-7E-11-CV Corsair II, BuNo 158678, 'AJ-310', of VA-82 from the USS Nimitz air wing and based at Cecil Field, Florida, crashed at 1200 hrs roughly 120 mi (190 km) northwest of Sardinia. Aircraft ...
VS-35, Sea Control Squadron 35, known as the Blue Wolves was a carrier-based United States Navy squadron based out of Naval Air Station North Island in California.The squadron flew the Lockheed S-3B Viking and their mission was mining, undersea and surface warfare, electronic reconnaissance and analysis, over the horizon targeting, and aerial refueling.