A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D <i>Sea King</i> (BuNo 156499) from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3) "Tridents" in flight. HS-3 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Forrestal</i> (CVA-59) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 11 March to 11 September 1974.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv59-74/173.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv59-74/index_018.htm">USS <i>Forrestal</i> (CVA-59) 1974 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>