"mrtravel" wrote in message ...


Well the Navy promotes the B model as a reconnaisance and surface
warfare bird as well.


I think Mr Pedantic was saying it didn't start with F...
Maybe a little jealous since the S-3 does a lot more than the prop S-2
that he flew.

Yeah, even with it's "switch army knife" configuration, it still doesn't have much
air-to-air capability you would expect from something termed a fighter.