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S-3 159765/Modex 705/AB was accepted by the USN on October 31, 1975 and was assigned to VS-31 “TopCats” on November 4, 1975. It wasn’t until 1982 and a few reassignments before 159765 reached VS-32 “Maulers”. In 1988 the aircraft was upgraded to an S-3B configuration and once again reassigned to VS-37 “Grim Dogs”. Once again 159765 was assigned to VS-32 between 1990 and 1993. On February 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, 159765 destroyed an Iraqi patrol boat using three 500 pound Mk-82 bombs as well as inadvertently dropped a refueling pod.