s2e

THIS AIRFRAME STILL EXISTS AS AN OPEN AIR EXHIBIT IN SOUTH KOREA. Grumman S-2E Tracker 149257 Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 83 (VS-83) Modex 306. Coded NW of CVSGR-80. NAS Whidbey Island WA, circa 1975. (Reserve Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 80) VS-83 July 1, 1970Established at NAS Whidbey Island WA VS-83 July 1, 1975Disestablished at NAS Whidbey Island WA Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group Reserve EIGHTY was established May 1, 1970, and disestablished on July 30, 1976. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3S (S-2E) Tracker BuNo 149257 Delivered to the U.S. Navy. Assigned to VS-41 as RA-27, 1965. Assigned to VS-83 as NW-305, 1973. Transferred into storage at MASDC Arizona, January 13, 1975. Five digit Process Control Number (PCN): 1S493. Released from storage February 19, 1976. To NARF Alameda, CA. Preparation for Foreign Military Sale. (FMS) Sold to South Korea first for the Republic of Korea Air Force then transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy. Currently preserved at Jinhae Naval Academy Museum South Korea Coordinates: 35.12732697N 128.66282654E Description: S-2 www.spottingmode.com/wro/location/8336/ RegistrationCnPlane typeCountry………..Service 9257101CS-2ESouth Korea…… Navy www.spottingmode.com/wro/map/8336/ S-2E Tracker 149257. S-2 Tracker 9257 Republic of Korea Navy. Jinhae Naval Academy Museum South Korea 1 Aenggok-dong, Jinhae-gu, Gyeongsangnam-do.

Grumman S-2E Tracker BuNo 152816 VS-35 ‘Boomerangers’ Side number 18. Code NV of CVSG-57. (Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57) from CVS-12 USS Hornet. NAS North Island. Circa 1967. THE HULK OF THIS AIRFRAME STILL EXISTS IN OPEN AIR ARIZONA DESERT STORAGE www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3S (S-2E) Tracker BuNo 152816 1967: VS-35 as NV-18. Upgraded to S-2G. 1974: VS-37 as NH-722. 1975-76: VS-37 as NH-702. July 27, 1976: Put into storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Five digit Process Control Number (PCN): 1S631. Departed: March 1, 1977. 4/1977: Sold to the Royal Australian Navy under FMS as N12-152816 side number 852. One of 16 Struck off charge on August 12, 1984. *9/1992: Sold to a private dealer in West Sale, Victoria Australia, and registered as N16FV. Stored with several other S-2s inside a hangar. 2016: Broken up for parts and one of several fuselage hulks shipped to United Aeronautical Corporation, South Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ, USA Hulk was in existence at least until 2022 at the United Aeronautical Corp North Yard, 5701 S Wilmot Rd, Tucson, AZ 85756, United States. Possibly held on behalf of US Forestry Service with many others as a reserved asset if required in the future fight against ever increasing forest fires in California and elsewhere in the USA>

On the right: Grumman S-2E Tracker 149259 VS-25 ‘Golden Eagles’. Side number 33. Coded NU of CVSG-55 (Carrier Anti-Submarine Warfare Air Group 55) CVS-10 USS Yorktown. 1966. Behind that: Grumman S-2E Tracker VS-25 ‘Golden Eagles’. Side number 34. With engines running: Grumman S-2E Tracker. Possibly BuNo 152340 of VS-25 ‘Golden Eagles’. Side number 39. From 1961-68, VS-23 ‘Black Cats’ and VS-25 Golden Eagles were part of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), assigned to USS Yorktown. CVSG-55 was embarked on USS Yorktown for three Vietnam War deployments: 23 October 1964 – 16 May 1965 6 January - 27 July 1966 28 December 1967 – 5 July 1968