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    Airframe Family: Lockheed S-3 Viking
    Latest Model:S-3B Viking
    Last Military Serial:160139 USN
    Construction Number:394A-1121
    Compressed ID:Lockheed S-3B sn 160139 USN cn 394A...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-3A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160139.

    Converted to a S-3B.

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

    Markings Applied: 705,

    25 May 1985


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Front Range Airport, Watkins CO

    25 May 1985


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Front Range Airport, Watkins CO

    16 March 2005

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2S0080.

    27 July 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Circa 2005

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 2.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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