 On 20 February 1974 VS-41 received the successor of the "Tracker", the Lockheed S-3A "Viking".The "Viking"-squadrons were integrated into the former "Attack Carrier Air Wing"s, which became "Carrier Air Wing"s. During the latter half of the 1980s VS-41 was equipped with the upgraded S-3B.With the diminishing submarine threat after the end of the Cold War VS-41 was redesignated as a "Sea Control Squadron" on 1 October 1993.