Requests for the HCDB (Official DB of HCE) and HCDB2

[TonyE]

Brad, the Zumwalt appears quite a bit too stealthy in the HCDB-090128 with a RCS of 75.

 

Thanks for taking a look!

[CV32]

Brad, the Zumwalt appears quite a bit too stealthy in the HCDB-090128 with a RCS of 75. Thanks for taking a look!

 

Hehe, good catch. When I created the Zumwalt entry, I was building a scenario at the same time and wanted to test how an extremely stealthy warship could closely approach a shore target for naval bombardment. The RCS figure will be adjusted upward in the next iteration. (LCS will probably go up too, btw).

[JMS]

I have been checking Spanish loadout and there are a number of amendments to make IMO, to simplify, I have put all jet interceptors we have had:

 

[CV32]

Thanks, JMS. Every time I think I'm ready to put out another release, you folks suggest more changes. I'm kidding, I do appreciate the suggestions. Please keep it up.

[JMS]

Master, in my lazyness I have been slacking off on the loadouts... but in exchange I request another class:

 

Yankee class SSBN (Project 667)

 

"In 1958 OKB-18 started the development of a new ballistic missile submarine. Initially work was undertaken on two versions, of which only one was authorized. A.S. Kassatsiyer, the author of both versions was designated as chief designer. The development of the submarine faced significant problems regarding the launch system. During elimination of the problems the project underwent fundamental changes and as a result the completely new submarine design received the new designation 667A. The new chief designer was S. I. Kovalev. The revised 667A submarine was both developed and authorized in 1962.

 

The external contours of the submarine were designed to achieve minimal resistance when operating under water. Unlike previous submarines, the horizontal hydroplanes were arranged on the sail. The cylinder-shaped pressure hull is divided into 10 compartments and has an exterior diameter of 9.4m.

 

The SSBN 667A is equipped with the D-5 launch system and 16 R-27 missiles with a range of about 2400 km. The D-5 system originated with studies by SKB-385 in the early 1960s to develop a ballistic missile capable of attacking sea-based targets. Development work resulted from a proposal by SKB-385 in late 1961 for the development of a launch system with a light single-stage missile for strikes against strategic land targets. Deployment began on 13 March 1968.

 

The missiles are arranged in two rows in the fourth and fifth compartments, and can be launched from a depth of 40-50 meters below the surface, while the submarine is moving at a speed of up to 3-4 knots. The missiles are fired in four salvos each comprising four missiles. The time needed for pre-launch preparation is 8 minutes, and within a salvo the missiles are fired at intervals of 8 seconds. After each salvo the submarine needs three minutes return to the launching depth and between the second and third salvo it takes 20-35 minutes to pump water from the tanks into the launching tubes.

 

To reduce the noise of the submarine special propellers were created, the pressure hull was covered with sound-absorbing rubber and the external hull was covered with a antihydroacoustic coating. A layer of rubber also isolates the footings under the main and auxiliary propulsion systems.

 

The 667A SSBNs were equipped with the "Cloud" battle management system which could receive signals up to a depth of 50 meters with the help of the towed antenna "Paravan." The first four 667A Yankee submarines employed the "Sigma" navigation system whereas the follow-on ships were equipped with the "Tobol" -- the first Soviet navigational system that used a satellite navigation system. This system provided reliable navigation in the Arctic Region and in the Pacific Ocean and also sustained the operational capability of the missiles at high latitudes down to 85 degrees.

 

 

The first 667A Yankee submarine, with the tactical designation K-137, was launched in 1964 at the Northern machine-building enterprise in Severodvinsk. In July 1967 the submarine "K-137" completed sea trials and at the end of 1967 it was commissioned in the Northern fleet. Between 1967 and 1974 a total of 34 strategic submarines of the 667A class were built. 24 submarines were launched at Severodvinsk and 10 at Komsomolsk na Amur.

 

On 10 June 1971 it was decided to upgrade the D-5 launch system and the R-27 missiles. The modernized missile, with a more powerful engine and improved guidance system, was designated as R-27U and the launching system received the designation D-5U. The R-27U was designed to carry both single and multiple warheads. In 1972-1983 the Yankee submarines along with older submarines were re-equipped with the D-5U launch system and R-27U missiles. The R-27U missile had a greater range -- up to 3000 km -- and carried multiple re-entry vehicles. The upgraded submarine was designated as 667AU.

 

In 1967 the first 667A ballistic submarines to form part of the Northern fleet were incorporated into the 31st division of strategic submarines, which was based in the port of Sayda. At the end of the 60s the 19th division of strategic submarines was also equipped with 667A submarines. Both divisions formed part of a structure consisting of 12 squadrons, which in December 1969 was transformed into the 3rd flotilla of submarines.

 

Two divisions of 667A submarines of the Pacific fleet — 8th and 25th- - were based at Kamchatka. In the middle of the 1970s a unit of 667A SSBNs was transferred to Pavlovsk.

 

In May, 1974 near the Navy base in Petropavlovsk a ballistic missile submarine of the 667A class collided with the American attack submarine "Pintado" (SSN-672) in a depth of about 65m. The Soviet submarine was only lightly damaged.

 

On 03 October 1986 on board of the ballistic missile submarine "K-219" of the 667AU class an explosion took place that sparked off a fire. The submarine was located 970 km east of the Bermuda Islands. The crew of a boat managed to surface the submarine and shut down the reactors. As a result of the accident four people were killed. The submarine was towed but on 6 October it had to be scuttled into a depth of 5,500 meters. The United States Navy normally does not comment on submarine operations. But the US Navy issued a statement regarding the release of the book "Hostile Waters" and an HBO movie of the same name, based on the incidents surrounding the casualty of the Russian Yankee submarine K-219. The United States Navy "categorically denies that any U.S. submarine collided with the Russian Yankee submarine (K-219) or that the Navy had anything to do with the cause of the casualty that resulted in the loss of the Russian Yankee submarine."

 

Between 1979 and 1994 all Yankee submarines were removed from operational status and their missile compartments cut out to comply with arms control agreement ceilings. During their operation time the 667A and 667AM Yankee submarines had carried out 590 patrols all over the world. Two of the submarines were taken out of service in 1979, two in January 1980, one in January 1981, two in January 1982, one in November 1982, one in June 1983, one in January 1984, two in April 1985, two in March 1986, two in 1987, and the rest in 1988 and 1989.

 

A number of Yankee ballistic missile submarines were modified to perform other missions.

 

In the early 1970s the Soviet Navy ordered the development of new missiles and a new launch system intended to replace the D-5 launch system on Yankee I submarines that were to be overhauled and upgraded. Unlike the liquid-propellant missiles R-21, R-27 and R-29, the underwater firing of the R-31 did not require filling the launch tube with water

 

In 1977 the "K-140" submarine was equipped with the first D-11 Soviet sea based solid-fuel missiles and received the designation 667AM Yankee II. The 12 P-31 missiles loaded on the submarine could be fired from a depth up to 50 meters. Its submerged displacement increased to 10,000 tons. Deployment was limited to a single Yankee II submarine "K-140". In 1989 the R-31 missiles were withdrawn from service.

 

The submarine "K-420" was converted to test the "Meteorite" (SS-N-24) cruise missiles. The re-equipped submarine received the designation 667M (Yankee SSGN or Yankee Sidecar). The length and the width of the SSBN were increased up to 153 m and 15-16 m respectively. Outside of the pressure hull 12 launchers for the SS-N-24 missiles were located. The re-equipment began in December 1982 and the first launches of a cruise missile was conducted in December 1983.

From 1982 to 1991 some Yankee I SSBNs were equipped with 20 up to 40 launchers of SS-N-21 "Grenade". They were designated as 667AT (Yankee Notch). Unlike the "K-420" that was converted to carry the SS-N-24 missiles, the shape of the deck behind the cabin was not altered. The displacement of the submarine was increased up to 11,500 tons and the body was lengthened to 140 meters.

 

From 1979-1984 the ballistic missile submarine "K-403" was converted into a submarine for special purposes designated as Yankee Pod. Instead of a missile compartment, it had was equipped with radio equipment and a towed hydroacoustic station.

 

In 1990 the SSBN "K-411" was converted under the project 09774 (Yankee Stretch) into a carrier of supersmall "KS-411" submarines.

Between 1988 and 1994 most converted Yankee submarines were removed from operational status. The converted K-411 (Yankee Stretch) and K-420 (Yankee Sidecar) are reliably reported to remain in service, and some reports also suggest that K-395 [a Yankee Notch] and K-403 [Yankee Pod] may also remain in service. "

 

Project 667A (NATO: Yankee)

Project 667AU (NATO: Yankee)

Project 667AM (NATO: Yankee II)

Project 667M (NATO: Yankee-Sidecar)

Project 667AT (NATO: Yankee-Notch)

Project 667AK (NATO: Yankee-Pod)

Project 09774 (NATO: Yankee-Stretch)

Project 09780 (NATO: Yankee-Pod)

 

34 boats completed, 24 at Severodvinsk Shipyard and 10 at Komsomolsk-na-Amure Shipyard.

 

Equipped with 16 R-27 missiles [sS-N-6].

 

Project 667AU: equipped with 16 R-27U missiles [sS-N-6 mod. 2/3].

 

Project 667AM: equipped with 12 R-31 missiles [sS-N-17].

 

Project 667AT: missile tubes removed, attack submarines, equipped with RK-55 cruise missiles [sS-N-21] and torpedoes

 

Project 667M: equipped with 12 Meteorit-M cruise missiles [sS-NX-24]

 

Project 667AK: communication submarine, test of acoustic and non-acoustic radio-electronic armament

 

Project 09774: midget submarine carrier

 

Project 09780: radio equipment and a towed hydroacoustic station, no missile compartment

 

The boats in the Northern Fleet was organised in the 31st Submarine Division and the 19th Submarine Division (from late 1960's), both under the 12th Submarine Squadron, later (Dec 1969) 3rd Submarine Flotilla.

 

The boats in the Pacific Fleet was organised in the 8th and the 25th Submarine Divisions, both under the 15th Submarine Squadron, later (Nov 1973) 2nd Submarine Flotilla.

 

Details:

 

K-137 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 420 - laid down 4.11.64 - launched 11.9.66 - completed 6.11.67; accepted into the Northern Fleet 27.11.67; from 11.4.70 also known as "Leninist"; 24.10.72 to 28.1.76 under repair; 6.1.84 to 18.9.85 converted to Project 667AU standard; decommissioned 3.4.94

 

K-140 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 421 - laid down 19.9.65 - launched 23.8.67 - completed 30.12.67; accepted into the Northern Fleet 11.1.68; 1973 to 2.2.78 converted to Project 667AM standard (first R-31 launch 26.12.76); decommissioned 17.12.90

 

K-26 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 422 - laid down 30.12.65 - launched 23.12.67 - completed 3.9.68; accepted into the Northern Fleet 3.9.68, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 21.12.72 to 18.7.75 under repair; 13.11.83 to 1985 converted to Project 667AU standard; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-32 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 423 - laid down 23.4.66 - launched 25.4.68 - completed 26.10.68; accepted into the Northern Fleet 19.11.68, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 21.6.86 renamed KS-32; decommissioned 19.4.90

 

K-216 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 424 - laid down 28.6.66 - launched 6.8.68 - completed 27.12.68; accepted into the Northern Fleet 8.1.69, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; Aug 1985 to Jun 1986 under repair, missile section removed; 18.4.86 renamed KS-216; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-207 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 400 - laid down 4.11.66 - launched 20.9.68 - completed 30.12.68; accepted into the Northern Fleet 8.1.69, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 30.11.73 to 16.12.76 under repair; 27.8.81 renamed KS-207; decommissioned 30.5.89

 

K-210 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 401 - laid down 16.12.66 - launched 29.12.68 - completed 6.8.69; accepted into the Northern Fleet 3.9.69, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 15.11.84 renamed KS-210; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-249 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 402 - laid down 18.3.67 - launched 30.3.69 - completed 27.9.69; accepted into the Northern Fleet 21.10.69, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 4.12.75 to 1977 under repair; 15.11.84 renamed KS-249; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-253 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 414 - laid down 26.6.67 - launched 5.6.69 - completed 1.11.69; accepted into the Northern Fleet 28.11.69, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron, later the 31st Submarine Division; 4.12.75 to 7.2.77 under repair; 17.5.84 to 20.12.88 converted to Project 667AT standard; from Nov 1989 attached to the 24th Submarine Division; decommissioned 3.6.93

 

K-395 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 415 - laid down 8.9.67 - launched 28.7.69 - completed 5.12.69; accepted into the Northern Fleet 9.1.70, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 24.6.88 to 30.12.91 converted to Project 667AT standard; from 1992 attached to the 24th Submarine Division; 2001 still in service

 

K-408 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 416 - laid down 20.1.68 - launched 10.9.69 - completed 25.12.69; accepted into the Northern Fleet 9.1.70, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 8.1.71 to 19.3.71 transferred to the Pacific, via the southern route (around South America); accepted into the Pacific Fleet 27.3.71; 10.1.75 to 20.7.77 under repair; 16.10.84 began conversion to Project 667AT standard, never completed; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-411 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 430 - laid down 25.5.68 - launched 16.1.70 - completed 31.8.70; accepted into the Northern Fleet 25.9.70; 29.4.82 renamed KS-411; 20.10.83 to 30.12.90 converted to Project 09774 standard; 3.6.92 renamed BS-411; 8.9.98 renamed "Orenburg"; 2001 still in service

 

K-418 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 431 - laid down 29.6.68 - launched 14.3.70 - completed 22.9.70; accepted into the Northern Fleet 20.10.70, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; decommissioned 17.3.89

 

K-420 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 432 - laid down 12.10.68 - launched 25.4.70 - completed 29.10.70; accepted into the Northern Fleet 24.11.70, attached to the 19th Submarine Division; 25.9.79 to 1.11.83 converted to Project 667M standard; 1st Meteorit-N launch 26/27.12.83, 21 more tests 1984 to 1986; 1988 testing ended; 1988 to 1990 missiles tubes removed; returned to the Fleet 1990; Mar 1992 attached to the 24th Submarine Division; Oct 1994 decommissioned

 

K-423 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 440 - laid down 13.1.69 - launched 4.7.70 - completed 13.11.70; accepted into the Northern fleet 24.11.70, attached to the 19th Submarine Division; 6.10.78 to 27.12.87 converted to Project 667AT standard; from Jan 1987 attached to the 24th Submarine Division; decommissioned 5.7.94

 

K-426 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 441 - laid down 17.4.69 - launched 28.8.70 - completed 22.12.70; accepted into the Northern fleet 16.1.71, attached to the 12th Submarine Squadron; 26.9.79 to 24.12.79 under repair; decommissioned 19.4.90

 

K-415 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 442 - laid down 4.7.69 - launched 26.9.70 - completed 30.12.70; accepted into the Northern fleet 16.1.71, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; Mar 1972 to Apr 1972 transferred to the Pacific, via the southern route (around South America); accepted into the Pacific Fleet 8.4.72; 3.3.76 to 31.8.77 under repair; 13.5.87 renamed KS-415; 6.8.87 began conversion to Project 09780 standard, never completed; decommissioned 17.7.88

 

K-403 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 450 - laid down 18.8.69 - launched 25.3.71 - completed 12.8.71; accepted into the Northern fleet 20.9.71; 1979 to 1983 converted to Project 667AK standard; 14.7.81 renamed KS-403; 1990 to 1995 converted to Project 09780 standard; 30.7.97 renamed "Kazan".

 

K-245 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 451 - laid down 16.10.69 - launched 9.8.71 - completed 16.12.71; accepted into the Northern fleet 28.12.71, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 1976 to 1977 converted to Project 667AU standard; 13.11.81 to 18.8.82 under repair; decommissioned 14.3.92

 

K-214 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 452 - laid down 19.2.70 - launched 1.9.71 - completed 31.12.71; accepted into the Northern fleet 8.2.72, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 26.4.79 to 14.8.80 converted to Project 667AU standard; 17.3.89 renamed KS-214; decommissioned 24.6.91

 

K-219 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 460 - laid down 28.5.70 - launched 8.10.71 - completed 31.12.71; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Northern fleet 8.2.72, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 28.9.79 to 12.12.80 under repair; sunk 6.10.86 in Antlantic Ocean due to a faulty valve in rokcet tube No. 6.

 

K-228 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 461 - laid down 4.9.70 - launched 3.5.72 - completed 30.9.72; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Northern fleet 31.10.72, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 6.1.84 to 11.12.84 under repair; decommissioned 3.9.94

 

K-241 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 462 - laid down 24.12.70 - launched 9.6.72 - completed 23.10.72; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Northern fleet 21.11.72, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 23.4.84 to 27.8.84 under repair; decommissioned 16.6.92

 

K-444 - Severodvinsk - serial no. 470 - laid down 8.4.71 - launched 1.8.72 - completed 9.12.72; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Northern fleet 23.12.72, attached to the 31st Submarine Division; 15.9.82 to 14.3.92 under repair; decommissioned 30.9.94

 

K-399 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 151 - laid down 23.2.68 - launched 23.6.69 - completed 24.12.69; accepted into the Pacific fleet 9.1.70; 25.2.74 to 28.1.76 under repair; decommissioned 19.4.40; planned conversion to Project 667AT was cancelled

 

K-434 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 152 - laid down 23.2.69 - launched 29.5.70 - completed 30.11.70; accepted into the Pacific fleet 21.12.70; 16.2.73 to 19.7.73 under repair; 7.4.76 to 31.7.78 converted to Project 667AU standard; decommissioned 17.3.89

 

K-236 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 153 - laid down 6.11.69 - launched 4.8.70 - completed 27.12.70; accepted into the Pacific fleet 17.1.71; 23.11.79 to 1980 converted to Project 667AU standard; 1980's began conversion to Project 667AT standard, never completed; decommissioned 1.9.90

 

K-389 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 154 - laid down 26.7.70 - launched 27.6.71 - completed 25.11.71; accepted into the Pacific fleet 13.12.71; 20.6.79 to 23.3.80 under repair; decommissioned 19.4.90

 

K-252 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 155 - laid down 25.12.70 - launched 12.9.71 - completed 31.12.71; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Pacific fleet 8.7.72; 31.7.78 to 7.6.79 under repair; decommissioned 17.3.89

 

K-258 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 156 - laid down 30.3.71 - launched 26.5.72 - completed 30.9.72; accepted into the Pacific fleet 31.10.72; 1974 to 1975 converted to Project 667AU standard; 23.11.79 to 20.9.81 under repair; decommissioned 16.6.91

 

K-446 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 157 - laid down 7.11.71 - launched 8.8.72 - completed 30.12.72; completed as a Project 667AU boat(?); accepted into the Pacific fleet 22.1.73; 5.2.73 to 4.6.79 under repair (and possibly converted to Project 667AU?); 28.4.80 to 3.12.81 under repair; decommissioned 17.3.93

 

K-451 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 158 - laid down 23.2.72 - launched 29.4.73 - completed 7.9.73; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Pacific fleet 27.9.73; from 20.10.78 also known as "60 Years of VLKSM"; 20.3.81 to 28.2.83 under repair; decommissioned 16.6.91

 

K-436 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 159 - laid down 7.11.72 - launched 25.7.73 - completed 5.12.73; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Pacific fleet 8.1.74; 20.3.81 to 23.1.84 under repair; decommissioned 14.3.92

 

K-430 - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 160 - laid down 27.7.73 - launched 28.7.74 - completed 25.12.75; completed as a Project 667AU boat; accepted into the Pacific fleet 28.1.75; 9.3.82 to 3.2.86 under repair; decommissioned 12.1.95.

[CV32]

Master, in my lazyness I have been slacking off on the loadouts... but in exchange I request another class: Yankee class SSBN (Project 667)

 

The HCDB already has the Yankee (667) SSBN, and most (if not all) of the following variants.

 

Project 667A (NATO: Yankee)

Project 667AU (NATO: Yankee)

Project 667AM (NATO: Yankee II)

Project 667M (NATO: Yankee-Sidecar)

Project 667AT (NATO: Yankee-Notch)

Project 667AK (NATO: Yankee-Pod)

Project 09774 (NATO: Yankee-Stretch)

Project 09780 (NATO: Yankee-Pod)

[NefariousKoel]

Charles F Adams 'B' - USA

 

Shouldn't it have 1st Gen Electronic Decoys?

[CV32]

Charles F Adams 'B' - USA

Shouldn't it have 1st Gen Electronic Decoys?

 

Yep, it should. EW gear for ships and MLUs is a relatively new feature, so its taking awhile to work it into the DB.

 

I appreciate the reminder.

[JMS]

Also, the vanilla Sprucans only include a few names, yet they were updated with VLS and other gear from FY83, would it be possible to have all names?

 

Another small request, IIRC the Badger G Mod actual designation was Tu-16K-10-26 (although their designations are a mess) and I am getting lost, can they be amended or they won't fit.

[CV32]

Also, the vanilla Sprucans only include a few names, yet they were updated with VLS and other gear from FY83, would it be possible to have all names?

 

The other Spruance class destroyers, those updated with VLS, etc, appear under the names "Imp Spruance VLS1/2/3".

 

Another small request, IIRC the Badger G Mod actual designation was Tu-16K-10-26 (although their designations are a mess) and I am getting lost, can they be amended or they won't fit.

 

No, Tu-16K-10-26 actually belongs to the Badger C Mod. There are three different designators for the Badger G Mod, but I have chosen Tu-16K for the sake of simplicity, and due to the limit on characters in names in the PE. (You're quite right that the Badger variants can be confusing. There are over 30+ variants!)

[JMS]

dp

[JMS]

The other Spruance class destroyers, those updated with VLS, etc, appear under the names "Imp Spruance VLS1/2/3".

 

Indeed, but since they weren't "born" with all that gear I was wondering wether it would be possible to have also the vanilla Sprucans (that is, the 32 names in each of the variant)

 

 

No, Tu-16K-10-26 actually belongs to the Badger C Mod. There are three different designators for the Badger G Mod, but I have chosen Tu-16K for the sake of simplicity, and due to the limit on characters in names in the PE. (You're quite right that the Badger variants can be confusing. There are over 30+ variants!)

 

Thanks, imagined it was something like that.

 

But not to be deterred, here's another petition: the Douglas EKA-3 "Whale"

[CV32]

Indeed, but since they weren't "born" with all that gear I was wondering wether it would be possible to have also the vanilla Sprucans (that is, the 32 names in each of the variant)

 

Oh, I see what you're saying. I'll certainly look into it.

 

But not to be deterred, here's another petition: the Douglas EKA-3 "Whale"

 

The EA-3B Skywarrior is a possibility, especially if its only going to take up one Loadout slot, but iirc, the EKA-3 variant went out of service before 1980 (replaced by the KA-6D)?

[JMS]

The EA-3B Skywarrior is a possibility, especially if its only going to take up one Loadout slot, but iirc, the EKA-3 variant went out of service before 1980 (replaced by the KA-6D)?

 

The EA-3B is the one, I was going from memory.

[broncepulido]

In my own database, the in-service dates for EKA-3B Skywarrior is 1968-1975.

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa3.html

 

But EA-3B was in service from 1959.