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The S-3 was built to provide anti-submarine protection for US aircraft carrier battle groups. Despite its relatively large wingspan, the Viking is an incredibly compact aircraft housing four crewman, state-of-the-art data-processing computers, a magnetic-anomaly detector, a high-resolution search radar, a FLIR system, and 60 sonobuoys.
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The S-3A Viking sensor suite included the Texas Instruments (TI) AN/APS-116 three mode sea search radar in the nose of the jet, the TI OR-89 Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) imager mounted in a retractable turret on the port side of the aircraft, the IBM AN/ALR-47 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) emitter-location system housed in wingtip receiver pods, the AN/ARS-2 sonobuoy receiver system.
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The S-3 Viking was the first sub-hunting carrier jet. Due to its small size, the Viking featured space-saving multi-tasking readout displays, allowing the crew to interpret data from several sensors simultaneously. The S-3's wing and turbofan engine combination improved cruise control, an important feature when prowling for submarines.
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The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-seat twin-engine jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy to identify and track enemy submarines. In the late 1990s, the S-3B's mission focus shifted to surface warfare and aerial refueling. The Viking also provided electronic warfare and surface surveillance capabilities to the carrier battle group. A carrier-based, subsonic, all-weather, multi-mission.
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The S-3A carried a surprisingly diverse array of ordnance for such a specialized platform on its two underwing hardpoints and bomb bays. In addition to the Mk. 46 air-dropped torpedo, depth charges, and mines for ASW, the Viking also carried Mk. 80-series General Purpose Bombs, cluster munitions, unguided rockets, and even nuclear bombs.
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A Viking Love Affair For an aircraft originally designed to hunt submarines, the Lockheed S-3 Viking repeatedly impressed the navy it served and those it flew against with its.
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Projects September 7 2003 S-3B Viking The US Navy operated 113 Viking S-3B carrier-based aircraft in the anti-surface warfare role with secondary capability i Length 16.26m Wingspan 20.93m Height 6.93m Tail Plane Span 8.23m Length, Tail Folded 15.06m Expand The S-3B Viking multirole aircraft in service with the US Navy.
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Here's What You Need to Know : The S-3 Viking was first conceived in 1960s to serve as a next-generation submarine hunter. Eight years ago the U.S. Navy retired: A) Its only dedicated.
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Lockheed S-3 Viking. * In the 1970s, the US Navy obtained a turbofan-powered carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the Lockheed "S-3 Viking", to replace the piston-powered Grumman S-2 Tracker. The Viking provided outstanding service for the Navy through the rest of the century, proving adaptable to a wide range of roles.
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S-3B Viking Cockpit Panaroma; The multi-mission S-3 Viking carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft was the only jet aircraft operated in that mission for over 30 years. With a pilot and three sensor operators, it was known to fleet crews as the "Hoover," owing to the vacuum sound of its engines, and operated day and night from big-deck.
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The S-3 Viking has all four crew members seated on ejection seats. The pilot's controls include a control stick in place of the traditional wheel. The slightly swept wing and General Electric TF-34 fan engines provide the S-3A with long-range or on-station endurance at cruise speeds and altitudes typical of subsonic jet aircraft.
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Lockheed S-3 Viking December 26, 2022 Cold War, US Henry H United States of America (1975) Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft; 188 built, 160 upgraded to S-3B An S-3 Viking comes in to land on the aircraft carrier USS Independence. [National Archives]
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Going to The Boat. Production of S-3A Viking aircraft began at Lockheed's Burbank production facility in 1974 and fleet S-3As entered service with Air Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron FOUR ONE (VS-41) Shamrocks on 20 February 1974. VS-41 was the S-3 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) or RAG until East Coast squadron VS-27 Pelicans/Sea Wolves was tasked with East Coast RAG duty during the 1980s.
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An S-3A Viking from VS-30 about to land on board the USS Saratoga (CV-30) in 1986., National Archives. As one of the strongest advocates for the S-3 at a time when the aircraft's mission.