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Grumman US-2C 133345 VC-3 ‘Chukar Pups’ or ‘Iron Men’. Unit code UF. Side number 6. For a photo shoot displaying its towed target drogue while flying from NAS North Island, November 1972. Home based at NAS North Island, California, VC-3 subsequently moved to NAS Point Mugu. VU-3 was redesignated VC-3 on July 1, 1965. VC-3 disestablished October 1, 1981 at NAS North Island CA www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-2 (S-2C) Tracker BuNo 133345 Converted to US-2C. VC-3 as UF-6. 1976-77: VC-5 as UE-27. Jan 14, 1977: Put into storage at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Allocated five digit Process Control Number (PCN) 1S659. June 23, 1982. Sold off to Consolidated Aeronautical Corporation, Tucson, AZ. Subsequently scrapped and salvaged.

Possibly Grumman US-2B Tracker BuNo 136436, 136480, 136510 or US-2A 136613 which were all associated with MCAS Iwakuni/Naha/Futenma around 1973, and from the flat terrain and US Marine Corps helicopters in the background – appears to be akin to those bases.

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