SH-3A helicopter flying above Guantanamo Bay surface during DesRon2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) hunter-killer exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Naval Destroyer, likely either the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) or the USS Charles P Cecil, (DD-835) underway. An S-2E aircraft is seen in flight, flying low over the ocean surface with mad boom extended. It drops a torpedo which splashes into the water. Signal flare seen burning on water, with smoke rising upward.
Overlooking helicopter deck at USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay during DesRon 2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) exercises. Winch seen in the background. SH-3A helicopter in flight far off port quarter. Curved wake of USS Lind. Part of helicopter deck in the foreground. S-2E aircraft on fly-by with MAD boom extended past USS Lind. It flies towards flare burning on water. SH-3A hovers in the background while dipping sonar. S-2E making approach low over water on fly-by, MAD boom extended.
USS Charles P Cecil (DD-835) underway in Guantanamo Bay during ASW (anti-submarine) exercises as part of U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 2. SH-3A helicopter hovers above water surface and dips sonar. USS Charles Cecil underway. Another SH-3A in the background. USS Charles Cecil exposes port beam. SH-3As in flight over water. SH-3A picks up port beam of USS Charles Cecil. SH-3A hovers over water. SH-3As dip sonar. Port beam view of USS Charles Cecil. S-2E in flight far off bow. SH-3As hover. S-2E flies by in the background. S-2E in flight over water. SH-3As dip sonar. S-2E flies by in the mid background. Wake and aft deck of Destroyer USS Wallace Lind (DD-703), also part of Destroyer Squadron 2. SH-3A flies over wake in the background.
Activities taking place in the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard USS Wasp Aircraft Carrier (CVS-18) underway at sea. Officers and personnel work on lighted plot tables. Personnel seated before radar. Two plotters stand before plastic plot boards in the background. Senior officer speaks on various phones.
Air Boss officer with mike in hand watches S-2E aircraft making approach and recovery over flight deck of USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The officer flips switches on console panel. Personnel work in pri-fly (Primary Flight Control) wearing phones. Air boss and the personnel in pri-fly on phones. Air Boss looks out of window overlooking the flight deck.
S-2E flyby past the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Two S-2E make approach over water as seen from Wallace L Lind. Helicopters dip sonar far off beam of USS Wallace L Lind. S-2E's in flight over water. S-2E in flight over Wallace L Lind. It flies toward helicopters dipping sonar in the background. S-2E makes approach low over water towards Wallace L Lind and flies with MAD boom extended. S-2E makes approach over water past Wallace L Lind on fly-by. SH-3A in flight high over water. SH-3A dips sonar. S-2E flies low with MAD boom extended. SH-3A dips sonar. Charles P Cecil (DD-835) underway. SH-3A helicopters dip sonar over signal flare marker on water. S-2E fly-by past Wallace L Lind with MAD boom extended. S-2E approaches Wallace L Lind and circles.