From 1974 this S-3 served VS-41, VS-21, VS-29, VS-31, VS-35, VS-33 and was back with VS-35 by 2000, as displayed nowadays. In 2002 it was deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, logging combat missions over Iraq and is notable as the aircraft which was the first ever to land a US President on a carrier when it carried George W Bush aboard in May 2003. Two months later it was fried to Pensacola for preservation

This Viking carries the NAVY 1 marking after having the POTUS on board.

The S-3B was temporarily located just outside Hangar Bay One to make room for a USCG ceremony being held inside. The numeral "1" after "Navy" on the fuselage is in recognition of this S-3 being the only USN a/c to have carried a sitting President of the U.S., that being George W. Bush. The a/c was transferred to the museum in 2003.

This is the S-3 that flew then President Bush aboard the Lincoln and became NAVY 1, the only such time a Naval aircraft was designated as such. The S-3's final paint scheme differs somewhat as when it flew Bush on board in May 2003. The aircraft was retired July of that year to the Naval Museum at Pensacola.