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September 22, 2006

Last West Coast S-3B Viking Conducts Final Take Off From NASNI

Squadron To Be Disbanded At End Of Month

It's the end of an era, as sailors from the "Shamrocks" of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 41 bid farewell recently to their last S-3B Viking as it departed for its final take off from Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), CA on September 19.

Less Planes, To Make Room For New Ships

Is the US Navy cutting aviation to buy more ships? Internal documents obtained by InsideDefense.com would seem to indicate so.

Second US Aircraft Down In Germany This Week

An Apache AH-64D Longbow chopper is down... and two soldiers are dead in Germany.

The DoD POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) has announced that the remains of a US serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Lt. Cmdr. James E. Plowman, U.S. Navy, of Pebble Beach, Calif and was buried Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington D.C.