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    Airframe Family: Lockheed S-3 Viking
    Latest Model:S-3B Viking
    Last Military Serial:159746 NASA
    Construction Number:394A-1075
    Compressed ID:Lockheed S-3B sn 159746 NASA cn 394...
    Latest Owner or Location:John H. Glenn Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-3A.

    18 June 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159746.

    20 June 1975

    Transferred to Anti-Submarine Squadron 41 (VS-41), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: RA-37
    Later marked NJ-737.

    30 July 1976

    Crashed.
    Crash landed at NAF El Centro, CA.

    1990

    Converted to a S-3B.

    1992

    Markings Applied: NJ-725

    23 July 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL during air show.

    March 1996

    ASPA inspection failed.

    By May 1996

    Transferred to Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-704

    By October 1996

    Transferred to VS-41, NAS North Island, CA.

    October 1996

    Transferred to Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP), Standard Depot Level Maintenance (SDLM), NAS North Island, CA.

    1997

    Transferred to VS-33, NAS North Island, CA.
    Assigned but aircraft still at NADEP-SDLM.

    February 1998

    Transferred to VS-33, NAS North Island, CA.
    Received aircraft from SDLM.

    1998

    Transferred to VS-41, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-731

    2004

    Transferred to VS-32, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: AB-702

    2007

    Transferred to VS-22, NAS Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: AA-704

    2008

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 30 (VX-30), NAS Point Mugu, CA.
    Operated with markings: BH-702

    11 January 2016

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 159746.

    11 January 2016

    Based with John H. Glenn Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH.

    July 2020

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Used for spare parts.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    S-3 Viking
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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