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

The Combat Arms Loading Area (CALA) is where live weapons are loaded away from normal operations on the airfield for safety.

This was one of a trio of VS-35 S-3's that came over to perform FCLP's at the NAF

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.

'WOLF 700' just over the numbers of runway 29

"Wolf 700" begins it's take-off roll down runway 29