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| Keywords: US Navy 031208-N-7575W-001 Aviation maintenance personnel work on a S-3B Viking assigned to the Fighting Redtails of Sea Control Squadron two one (VS-21) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).jpg en Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 Dec 8 2003 -- Aviation maintenance personnel work on a S-3B Viking assigned to the Fighting Redtails of Sea Control Squadron 21 VS-21 aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 The mission of the S-3B is defined as Sea Control which involves searching tracking and coordinating attacks on surface contacts that may threaten the strike group or allied forces The Viking plays a critical surveillance reconnaissance and targeting role in maintaining the sea control picture for naval and joint forces with its APS-137 Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar ISAR ALR-67 Electronic Surveillance Measures ESM system and Harpoon missile capability In the anti-surface mode the ISAR can identify hostile surface combatants from over the horizon U S Navy photo By Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Jason R Williams RELEASED 2003-12-08 031208-N-7575W-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 10967 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy S-3B Viking Sea Control Squadron 21 United States Navy Hangar bays of USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 | ||||
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