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Description A U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3A Viking (BuNo 160580) from Anti-Submarine Squadron 29 (VS-29) "Dragonflies" as it makes the 200,000th aircraft landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) on 1 April 1981. Two Grumman F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" (BuNo 160673, left) and VF-111 "Sundowners" (BuNo 160690) are parked on deck. A plane-guard Sikorsky SH-3H Seaking helicopter from Helicoper Antisubmarine Squadron 4 (HS-4) "Black Knights" is visible in the background. The squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) aboard the Kitty Hawk for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 1 April to 23 November 1981.
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Author PH3 Carlos Correa, U.S. Navy

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