On 24 Jan 2005 15:57:21 -0800, (Prowlus) wrote:

Is the S-3 Viking going to be retired?

Yes. This has been known for years.

Wouldn't this make the F-18 the only fast jet asset the navy can field

The S-3 is not a "fast jet", unless you consider ALL jets to be
"fast".

Whatever happened to the navy that field 4 different types of strike
aircraft per deployment?

That Navy's been gone for 30 years or more.

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