VS-22 Makes final flight in S-3 Viking

[LR25]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=110238&catid=3

 

[propsarebest]

Long live the Hoover...

 

[Huggyu2]

That leaves just one S-3 squadron left, correct? If so, when do they decommission?

 

[LR25]

That leaves just one S-3 squadron left, correct? If so, when do they decommission?

I read that the last squadron will park then in December.

 

[SIG600]

Not according to the rumors. Sad to see them go, great jet with a lot of life left in it.

 

[HooverPilot]

VS-22 is the last squadron. The article didn't quite get it right though, VS-22 had the last Trap ever on the GW on 27MAY and then the last fly-in from a deployment on the 28th. They will continue to fly the Hoov until just before the decomm in Dec.

 

[SIG600]

VS-22 is the last squadron. The article didn't quite get it right though, VS-22 had the last Trap ever on the GW on 27MAY and then the last fly-in from a deployment on the 28th. They will continue to fly the Hoov until just before the decomm in Dec.

Last I checked, VS-32 is still flying. Will be for a while (well past Dec).

 

[jonjuan]

Last I checked, VS-32 is still flying. Will be for a while (well past Dec).

You are correct.

 

[HooverPilot]

Last I checked, VS-32 is still flying. Will be for a while (well past Dec).

Well fill us in please. I just got off the GW with VS-22 and they are planning a dec 08 decomm

 

[HooverPilot]

http://www.vs22.navy.mil/

Their Decomm link even puts the date @ 11DEC2008.

 

[HooverPilot]

Ok, I may be a bit of a moron, I just noticed your post was VS-32 not 22. I can't speak for them...

 

[SIG600]

Without divulging anything OPSEC, they have quite a bit more work on the books.

 

[AA717driver]

What are they replacing the S-3 with? Don't tell me...the Super Hornet?

The ghost of Robert McNamara is alive and dangerous. TC

 

[sperfly]

I'm starting to feel old. My old base closed (NAS Cecil), my carrier is on the bottom of the ocean (USS America) and now the S-3 is going away, I was in VS-32 92-96. At least someone told me they sunk the America can anyone confirm that.

 

[erj-145mech]

The USS America was used in a live fire test.

Scuttling location

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from former USS America veterans at CVN78.com, the U.S. Navy released the exact location where USS America was sunk. The location is 33°09′09″N, 71°39′07″W, around 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras. The wreck lies in 2,810 fathoms (5139 metres or 16,860 feet)

 

[rhinodriver]

Woop woop

Without divulging anything OPSEC, they have quite a bit more work on the books.

Yea the Ruskies are really interested in when the grave threat of the War Hoover will be finally gone!

 

[SIG600]

Yea the Ruskies are really interested in when the grave threat of the War Hoover will be finally gone!

I was refering more along the lines of times/locations of movements, dets, etc. Std deployment stuff.

 

[rhinodriver]

I was refering more along the lines of times/locations of movements, dets, etc. Std deployment stuff.

I know, I was just kidding. The Viking was actually a great airplane to fly.

 

[SIG600]

Sad to see it go, a lot of life left in it, and a lot of untapped capability.