MAIN FEATURES
IFR probe (extended)
Rearward retracting, steerable,
dual wheel nose gear unit based
on A-7 Corsair II unit
Rearward retracting, single wheel main
gear unit based on F-8 Crusader unit
Arrestor hook
(lowered)
Catapult strop link
S-3B (armed and dirty)
AN/ASQ-81 MAD
(Magnetic Anomaly
Detector) (extended)
UHF/TACAN antenna
VHF antenna
AGM-84 Harpoon
ASM on wing pylon
Retractable OR-89 FLIR turret
on port side (extended)
60 x ventral sonobuoy launchers for omni-directional
AN/SSQ-41B, AN/SSQ-41N, AN/SSQ-53 or AN/SSQ-53D
DIFAR sonobuoys, AN/SSQ-57A passive buoy, AN/
SSQ-77A Vertical Line Array DIFAR (VLAD) passive buoy,
AN/SSQ-62D DICASS, AN/SSQ-36 bathythermograph
buoy, AN/SSQ-57 AMN, Mk.84 Mod 1 SUS buoy,
AN/SSQ-71 and AN/SSQ-86 two-way comms buoys
HF antenna
Underwing sonobuoy
reference antennas
2 x weapons bays (port/starboard) each with 2 x weapon stations
FLIR turret (extended)
AN/ALE-39 30 shot
chaff/flare dispenser
Single underwing hardpoint/
weapons station
UHF/IFF antenna
Texas Instruments AN/APS-137(V) ISAR
(Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar)
FLIR sensor door
Avionics: Univac 1832S digital computer, ASN-92(V)
CAINS INS, AN/APN-200 Doppler ground velocity
system, AN/AYN-5 AACS, AN/ASN-107 AHRS,
AN/ARS-2 sonobuoy reference system, AN/APN-201
RAAWS, AN/ARN-83 LF/ADF, AN/ARA-50 UHF/DF,
AN/ARN-84(V) TACAN, AN/ARC-153A HF radio, 2 x
AN/ARC-156 UHF radios, AN/ARA-63 receiver/decoder, AN/ALR-76 passive ECM system,OK-73 intercom,
AN/APX-72 IFF, AN/APX-76A SIF, AN/ASW-25B ACLS
4 x AN/ALR-76 ESM antennas
on wingtip fairing
ADF antenna
S-3B (armed)
Heat exchanger RAM air intake
2 x General Electric
TF34-GE-400 turbofans
in underwing pods
Tail fin fold line
Internal
weapons
bay
Large radome with
'zipper' strips
Rear cabin window
Main gear door
MAD (Magnetic
Anomaly
Detector) boom (retracted)
Large rudder
Low intensity 'slime' light
Low intensity 'slime' light
Low intensity 'slime' lights
Large swept, folding tail fin
xº dihedral to tailplanes
Wingtip ECM fairing
Outboard aileron
FLIR sensor compartment
(port side only)
Heat exchanger
exhaust
Shoulder-mounted wing with 15º leading
edge sweep, 3º 15' angle of incidence,
outboard section folding upward/inward
for carrier stowage
Crew on 4 x McDonnell Douglas
Escapac 1-E zero-zero ejector seats
Underwing antennas
Prominent under fuselage antennas
Fuel dump fairing
Crew entry hatch (starboard side only)
Wing fold hinge line
Wing fold hinge line
Single-slotted
trailing edge
Fowler flap
Pitots
Outboard leading edge flap
Variable-incidence tailplane
with large elevators
Pilot position
Co-pilot position
TACCO position/escape hatch
SENSO position/escape hatch
Leading edge stall strips
4 x large glazed
cokpit panels
Spoilers on upper
wing surface
S-3B (clean)
ILLUSTRATIONS: © ADRIAN DAVID MOORE 2015
ILLUSTRATIONS: © ADRIAN DAVID MOORE 2015 • NO ITEMS MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER
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