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Grumman RS-2C Tracker BuNo 133341 VC-3 Unit code UF. Side number 1. Circa 1972. Painted in the ‘Engine Gray’, Red and yellow scheme for target tow aircraft belonging to Composite aviation units. The S2F-2/S-2C version was designed with an enlarged weapons-bay to carry the Mk.90 sized nuclear depth charge, and a slightly larger tail to compensate for a higher gross weight. Only 60 were built before the Mk.90 was replaced in the stockpile by the smaller Mk.101 Lulu nuclear weapon, which could be carried in the standard sized weapons bay. Most S2F-2/S-2C were converted to US-2C target-towing/utility aircraft. A single S-2C was converted into a photographic reconnaissance aircraft at NAS Pensacola in 1964. The ASW equipment was removed and camera compartments were installed in an extra bulge in the rear fuselage, which could carry four cameras, two on each side. Another pair of cameras were carried below the cockpit. The RS-2C was a successful conversion, but the Navy had also developed a camera pod that would fit on the wing pylons of any S-2, so the RS-2C never entered production. It served with Air Test and Development Squadron ONE (VX-1) with side number 12 and unit tailcode JA, and was based at NAS Patuxent River Maryland. The cameras and operating equipment were then removed and it was modified to a near standard target towing aircraft. RS-2C Tracker 133341 was then issued to Composite Aviation Squadron THREE (VC-3) based at NAS North Island California until its final withdrawal in June 1972. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-2 (S-2C) Tracker BuNo 133341 1964: Converted to S2F-2P (RS-2C) prototype. 1965: VX-1 as JA-12. 1965: Put into storage at NAS Litchfield Park Phoenix Arizona. 1967: Transported across to MASDC Tucson Arizona. Returned to service as a target tow plane. 1970: VC-3 as UF-14. 1972: VC-3 as UF-1. June 1, 1972: Put back into storage at MASDC. PCN 1S375. March 1, 1976. Sold off to Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ. Eventually scrapped and salvaged.

Grumman US-2B Tracker BuNo 133306 NAF Washington Base Flight as 306. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Tracker BuNo 133306 1962: VS-733 as CT-13. ...................................... Converted to US-2B. 1967: NAF Washington Base Flight as 306. 1974: NAF Atsugi Base Flight. November 29, 1978: Put into storage at MASDC Arizona. PCN: 1S730. (From Barbers Point) March 9, 1984. To Allied Aircraft Sales Tucson AZ. Subsequently salvaged.

Grumman S-2E Tracker BuNo 149257 VS-83 as NW-304 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 North Island California, 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