Lockheed S-3A Viking 159391 United States Navy making the demonstrator aircraft a

making the demonstrator aircraft a fascinating what-if subject in Cold War aviation history

The aircraft is finished overall in Olive Drab

it was subsequently transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1962

and training missions

Lockheed S-3A Viking 159391 United States Navy making the demonstrator aircraft aThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Lockheed S 3A Viking, BuNo 159391, operated by VS 29 (Sea Control Squadron Twenty Nine) depicted in the standard United States Navy tactical scheme. The S 3A Viking was the U. S. Navy's carrier based anti submarine warfare aircraft of the Cold War era, designed to hunt Soviet submarines from the deck of a carrier strike group. Powered by two turbofan engines and packed with advanced sensors including a forward