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    Airframe Family: Lockheed S-3 Viking
    Latest Model:S-3B Viking
    Last Military Serial:159387 USN
    Construction Number:394A-3023
    Compressed ID:Lockheed S-3B sn 159387 USN cn 394A...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-3A.

    3 May 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159387.

    16 May 1974

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

    1974

    Transferred to VS-21, NAF Atsugi, Japan.
    Operated with markings: AB-23

    Circa 8 January 1975

    Transferred to VS-29, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-702

    21 February 1978

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF), Alameda, CA.
    1485 flight hours.

    1 November 1986

    Transferred to VS-31, NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    1989

    Converted to a S-3B.

    1990

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 31 (VS-31), NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: AG-704

    August 1990

    Participated in Operation Desert Shield.

    1992

    Transferred to Anti-Submarine Squadron 35 (VS-35), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-700

    1992

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 33 (VS-33), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NG-703

    1994

    Markings Applied: NG-701

    1994

    Transferred to VS-29, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-700

    2000

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-706

    2002

    Markings Applied: USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NAVY 1, VS-35, CVW14, 9387,

    The aircraft logged combat missions over Iraq from the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during her epic ten-month deployment, the longest ever for a nuclear carrier.

    1 May 2003

    This plane was designated as NAVY 1 when it flew President George Bush on May 1 2003. He became the first president to land on an aircraft carrier.

    17 July 2003

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Captain James P. Kelly, Commander, Sea Control Wing, Pacific flight delivered aircraft to NAS Pensacola on this date.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 September 2003

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    7 November 2003


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Blue Angels Homecoming, NAS Pensacola FL

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto
    Notes: George W. Bushs name under the cockpit window

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto
    Notes: See Navy 1 marked on the rear fuselage.

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    S-3 Viking
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Matt Maranto

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