Over the years the Lockheed S-3 Viking operated from US carrier decks we lost 46 souls. Take a moment this weekend to remember why Monday is a federal holiday and think of those that didn’t return.
| 2 Nov 1978 | VS-37 | LT B. Blanton, USN LCDR G. Kelley, USN LT R. Mikal, USN AW3 J.C. Mentink, USN |
| 10 Mar 1980 | VS-41 | LT D.A. Davis, USN |
| 17 Mar 1981 | VS-24 | CDR P.L. Reed, USN LT D.C. Deem, USN LTJG C.A. Arthur, USN AW3 C.Wade, USN |
| 26 Jan 1983 | VS-24 | LCDR L.R. Dixon, USN LTJG P.J. Moller, USNR AW2 R.N. Lanzendorf Jr, USN |
| 08 Nov 1983 | VS-24 | CDR G. Owens, USN LT E.R. Nroczynski, USN |
| 21 Oct 1986 | VS-22 | LCDR D.E. Hebdon, USN LT C.L. Sullivan, USN LT R.A. Urbanek, SUN AW1 R.E. Childress, USN |
| 21 Mar 1987 | VS-38 | LT V.B. Moezzi, USNR LT F.D. Carozzo, USN |
| 05 Jun 1988 | VS-21 | CDR R.A. Anderson, USN LTJG C.H. Roy, USNR AW2 D.E. Stenstrom, USN |
| 20 Jan 1989 | VRC-50 | CAPT R.W. Geeding, USN LT W.T. Bartram, USN |
| 07 Oct 1989 | VS-22 | LT D.G. Gray, USN LT J.T. Hartman, USNR LT D.S. Jennings, USNR |
| 19 Feb 1992 | VS-29 | LT R.B. Bridges, USN |
| 15 Mar 1996 | VS-24 | LT D.R. Cioffi, USN LT T.P. Wilcox, USN |
| 04 Feb 1997 | VS-22 | LCDR M.A. Ehlers, USN LT M.A. Weems, USN LT M.J. Eyre, USN AW3 W.L. Potter, USN |
| 14 Nov 1999 | VS-32 | LT M.T. Moneymaker, USN LTJG M.T. Meschke, USN |
| 10 Sept 2002 | VS-22 | LCDR J.J. Gray, USN LCDR M.D. Chalfant, USN LTJG T.B. McCombie, USN |
| 10 Aug 2004 | VS-35 | LCDR S.A. Zellem, USN LT P.S. Myrick, USN LT J. Pupplo, USN AT2 J.B. Showalter, USN |
| 21 Sept 2005 | VS-32 | LCDR S. Bracher, USN LCDR T. Blake, USN |
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