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    Airframe Family: Lockheed S-3 Viking
    Latest Model:S-3B Viking
    Last Military Serial:160123 USN
    Construction Number:394A-1105
    Compressed ID:Lockheed S-3B sn 160123 USN cn 394A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-3A.

    16 January 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160123.

    10 February 1976

    Transferred to Anti-Submarine Squadron 41 (VS-41), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: RA-32

    16 October 1979

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF), Alameda, CA.

    26 February 1980

    Transferred to VS-41, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-732

    1982

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 37 (VS-37) Sawbucks, USS Enterprise.
    Operated with markings: NH-703

    1984

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 38 (VS-38), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NE-700

    From 1991 to 1993

    Transferred to VS-29, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-703

    1992

    Converted to a S-3B.

    1994

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 38 (VS-38), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NE-705

    From By 15 October 2000 to After 12 June 2003

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 21 (VS-21) Red Tails, NAF Atsugi, Japan.
    Operated with markings: NF-705,

    2003

    Markings Applied: NF-700

    2004

    Transferred to Antisubmarine Squadron 41 (VS-41), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-732

    2 June 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    June 2005

    To Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    23 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Kalamazoo, MI, USA

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    S-3 Viking
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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