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Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker
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In the late 1940s, the US Navy finalized its ideas on a carrier-based
submarine hunter/killer aircraft. The Grumman S2F was designed to meet this
role and first flew in 1952. The S2F was redesignated as the S-2 in 1962
and not phased out until replaced by the Lockheed S-3 Viking in the
mid-1970s.
Variants of the Tracker were also used as transports (the C-1 Trader)
and Airborne Early Warning aircraft (the E-1 Tracer).
Trackers served in the armed forces of Australia, Canada and Israel.
After being phased out of military service, several Trackers have been
converted to firefighting aircraft named the Firecat.
The original designation of S2F led to this aircraft's other
nickname...Stoof.
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