Lockheed S-3B Viking, 159390 / 394A-1026, US Navy
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Registration: 159390
Construction Number: 394A-1026
Code Number: AA-700
Military Unit: VS-30
Model Lockheed S-3B Viking
Operator: US Navy
Airport: Boscombe Down (EGD / EGDM), UK - England
Airshow: Boscombe Down - Air Tournament International - 1992
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 13/06/1992
Date Submitted: 22/03/2010
Photographed in the static display during Air Tournament International 92 at Boscombe. This Viking of VS-30 'Diamondcutters' is the personal jet of their CO. Displayed on the tail is the insignia of Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) shore based at NAS Oceana, Virginia but at the time assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-60). During the first Gulf War, CVW-17 and Saratoga were stationed in the Red Sea, and launched combat strikes against Iraq almost continuously over the 43 days of Operation Desert Storm.
Picture ID:1221959