An S-3B Viking prepares to launch from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Eben Boothby)
An S-3B Viking aircraft taxis down the runway after arriving at Eielson Air Force Base to participate in exercise Red Flag-Alaska. Red Flag Alaska is an Air Force level exercise to enable aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by flying ten simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin
An S-3B Viking assigned to the “Shamrocks” of Sea Control Squadron Four One (VS-41) launches from the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The S-3B Viking is an all weather, carrier-based jet aircraft, providing protection against hostile surface combatants while also functioning as the Carrier Battle Groups’ primary overhead/mission tanker. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is gradually replacing the Viking, with squadrons being disestablished as Super Hornet aircraft join the respective Air Wings. The Nimitz is currently underway off the coast of Southern California conducting sea trials after successfully completing a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Roland Franklin)
A Plane Captain assigned to the "Fighting Redtails" of Sea Control Squadron Twenty One (VS-21) secures his S-3B "Viking" loaded with CBU-99 antitank cluster bombs just prior to flight operations aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The conventional aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is America's oldest active warship and the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier that operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom)
A P-3C "Orion" assigned to the "Fighting Marlins" of Patrol Squadron Four Zero (VP-40) takes off on a routine training mission. The Orion, which carries a crew of ten, is a multi-mission, long-range maritime patrol aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Photographer’s Mate Mahlon K. Miller)
A P-3C "Orion" assigned to the "Skinny Dragons" of Patrol Squadron Four (VP-4) takes off on a routine training mission. The Orion, which carries a crew of ten, is a multi-mission, long-range maritime patrol aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Photographer’s Mate Mahlon K. Miller)
A Navy P-3C “Orion” aircraft, assigned to the “War Eagles” of Patrol Squadron One Six (VP-16) lifts off to begin another patrol mission in the region. VP-16, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based squadron, is currently on a scheduled deployment to the Mediterranean theater in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The P-3C is a multi-mission aircraft providing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) capabilities. VP-16 utilizes a wide range of communications, detection, monitoring, reconnaissance and navigation systems to perform their mission. In addition to advanced electronics, the P-3C can deliver an impressive mix of torpedoes, bombs, and missiles along with pinpoint mine-laying capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley)
A Navy P-3C “Orion” aircraft, assigned to the “War Eagles” of Patrol Squadron One Six (VP-16) flies by during a check flight. VP-16, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based, is currently on a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean theater in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The P-3C is a multi-mission aircraft providing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) capabilities. VP-16 utilizes a wide range of communications, detection, monitoring, reconnaissance and navigation systems to perform their mission. In addition to advanced electronics, the P-3C can deliver an impressive mix of torpedoes, bombs, and missiles along with pinpoint mine-laying capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley)
A P-3C "Orion" attached to Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45) fires self-defensive flares in preparation for an over land Electro-Optical (EO) surveillance mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Robert Fleugel)
A P-3C “Orion” attached to the “Tigers” of Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) heads to a bombing exercise loaded with MK-20 “Rockeye” cluster bombs. MK-20 cluster bombs deliver 247 bomblets, which, upon detonation, release a jet of super heated and pressurized gas, which can penetrate 10 inches of steel and 31 inches of reinforced concrete. The P-3C is a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft. The weapon’s dispersion area is roughly the size of a football field. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Shannon Smith)
- Airman Jonathan Gee, a lineman assigned to Patrol Squadron Four Zero (VP-40), signals to direct the pilot of a P-3C “Orion” through engine start up procedures. VP-40 is on a regularly scheduled deployment in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Fry)
"Landing Gear Down" as an Australian AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft from the Adelaide-based No 10 Squadron, prepares to land at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base during the simulated war phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2008 (RIMPAC). (Photo: Australia DoD)
An Australian AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft from the Adelaide-based No 10 Squadron, taxies into Kaneohe Marine Corps Base during the simulated war phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2008 (RIMPAC). (Photo: Australia DoD)
AP-3C Orion searches out an ANZAC Class ship during PWO SAW 2004. (Photo: Australia DoD)
An Argentine Navy S-2 Tracker aircraft comes in for a “touch and go” landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The S-2 Tracker is a carrier-borne or land-based anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft. Reagan is currently circumnavigating South America to her new homeport of San Diego, Calif. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Angel G. Hilbrands)
