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"The S-3 Viking had a long, low-key career flying off aircraft carriers during the Cold War. But when the Navy retired all but three of the chubby submarine-hunters in 2009—giving a fourth to NASA—it afforded the remaining aircraft an interesting second life conducting scientific research and patrolling America’s experimental weapons zones.
But the latest chapter of the S-3’s story might not be the last. The Navy is considering bringing the type back into service aboard its carriers.
After their retirement, 91 of the S-3s wound up at the Air Force’s boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. But three others joined VX-30—the Navy squadron that monitors weapons tests—and another transferred to NASA, which converted it into an environmental research plane."
"The S-3 Viking had a long, low-key career flying off aircraft carriers during the Cold War. But when the Navy retired all but three of the chubby submarine-hunters in 2009—giving a fourth to NASA—it afforded the remaining aircraft an interesting second life conducting scientific research and patrolling America’s experimental weapons zones.
But the latest chapter of the S-3’s story might not be the last. The Navy is considering bringing the type back into service aboard its carriers.
After their retirement, 91 of the S-3s wound up at the Air Force’s boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. But three others joined VX-30—the Navy squadron that monitors weapons tests—and another transferred to NASA, which converted it into an environmental research plane."
