Last S-3 squadron arrives home

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The final four S-3 Vikings returned from their final deployment Dec. 15 and will be decommissioned in January.


Last S-3 squadron arrives home
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 22, 2008 21:16:45 EST

Edward Pfoser has spent most of his 17 years with the Navy maintaining S-3 Vikings.

So the chief aviation electronics technician was feeling sentimental at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., on Dec. 15 as he watched the aircraft from the last operational Viking squadron, Sea Control Squadron 22, arrive home from their final deployment.

Those four aircraft will be decommissioned in January, joining nearly 100 other S-3s.

“I was just amazed to know that this is pretty much the end of the road,” said Pfoser, the squadron’s maintenance desk chief.

“This is all I’ve ever touched. This is what I learned on, this is what I know. This is what I’m comfortable with, this is everything I’ve ever done,” Pfoser said.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/12/navy_viking_122208w/%2e

[BOSSHOG]

1. Wow, do I feel old

I flew on the S-2 and remember when the S-3 was brand spanging new state of the art, although If I recall it initially had some electrical problems at the outset.