page_title: VS-37
section_title: 1980s
hierarchical_section_title: VS-37 / History / 1980s
caption_attribution_description: English: A U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3A Viking (BuNo 160583) from Anti-Submarine Squadron 37 (VS-37) "Sawbucks" in flight on 11 December 1986. VS-37 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64).
context_page_description: Sea Control Squadron 37 or VS-37 also known as the "Sawbucks" was an Anti Submarine Warfare squadron that was decommissioned in 1995 along with CVW-15. During its active history, it flew during the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as operating the last S-2 Trackers inservice with the US Navy in 1975.
context_section_description: In 1981, they deployed USS Ranger (CV-61) as part of CVW-2 and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) as part of CVW-11 in late 1982 to 1983. Between February 1985 and May 1990,  VS-37 deployed with the USS Constellation again with CVW-14 for six deployments in the West and North Pacific as well as the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. This included the escorting of US reflagged Kuwaiti tankers in Operation Earnest Will during the Iran-Iraq War in 1987.
caption: an S-3A Viking of VS-37 assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14 in 1986.
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