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APJ/DAVID F. BROWN
APJ/DAVID F. BROWN
This Iraqi Bell-214SP was captured by members of the 1st Marine Division at Kuwait International Airport, February 27, 1991. There is a handwritten inscription behind the pilot's access door. It reads as follows: "Do not touch or damage this aircraft. Captured by 1st MarDiv at Kuwait Intl Airport 27 Feb 91. Ship to: CG 3d MAW MCAS El Toro. By order of CG MEF"
"DELIVERED PROUDLY & PROFESSIONALLY BY THE MARINES OF DELTA FORCE CAREFULLY & SHARPLY. SEMPER FI! SIR"
Below: This S-3B, 159765, was assigned to VS-32 during Desert Storm. While flying an armed reconnaissance from the USS America (CV-66), 159765 was vectored to a contact near Faylaka Island. Using ISAR and FLIR, the crew was able to identify the target as an Iraqi, ZHUK class gunboat. In their zeal to achieve the first ever S-3 Viking surface kill, the crew armed both wing stations, one armed with general purpose bombs and the other a D-704 aerial refueling pod. As a result, the bombs and the refueling pod were dropped on the target causing its destruction. When you destroy a target using unconventional ordnance, your aircraft receives unconventional mission markings (inset).