VS-24
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Sea Control Squadron 24 was a squadron of the United States Navy. Originally established as VB-17 on 1 January 1943, it was redesignated as VA-5B on 15 November 1946, redesignated as VA-64 on 27 July
VB-17 SB2C-1 loses its tail on landing on USS Bunker Hill in 1943
VB-17 SB2C-1 waves off a landing on USS Bunker Hill in 1943
VS-24 AF-2S and AF-2W Guardians c.1951
VS-24 S-3A of Carrier Air Wing EIGHT aboard USS NIMITZ, c.1981
Lockheed S-3 Viking
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The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered subsonic anti-submarine jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. Because of
VS-24
…post-Vietnam War force reductions, the squadron relocated to NAS Cecil Field, Florida and transitioned from the prop-driven S-2G Tracker to the jet-powered S-3 Viking for deployment aboard Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and Nimitz class aircraft carriers. In 1991 the Scouts deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation…
An S-3A Viking from ASW squadron VS-37 Sawbucks
YS-3A prototype
S-3 escape system testing
S-3A with extended MAD-sensor