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The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional design — propeller-driven with twin radial engines, a high wing that could be folded for storage on ...
Canadian-made CS2F-2 Tracker on static display at Base Borden Military Museum. The Grumman S-2 Tracker is an American twin-engine anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed for the United States Navy. Although still in active service in South America, the S-2 has been retired elsewhere, and a number of aircraft are now on public display.
Retired in Canada 2012, Retired in France in 2020. Developed from. Grumman S-2 Tracker. The Conair Firecat is a fire-fighting aircraft developed in Canada in the 1970s by modifying military surplus Grumman S-2 Trackers. The modifications were developed by the maintenance arm of the Conair Group, which became a separate company called Cascade ...
First flight. 17 December 1956. Retired. 1977. Developed from. Grumman C-1 Trader. The Grumman E-1 Tracer (WF prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built airborne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy. It was a derivative of the Grumman C-1 Trader and entered service in 1960. It was replaced by the more modern Grumman E-2 Hawkeye ...
A new anti-submarine squadron VS-22 was established at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), on 18 May 1960. From 1960 to 1976, the Checkmates flew the Grumman S-2 Tracker, better known as "Stoof" from its pre-1962 designation "S2F". VS-22 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54) at NAS Quonset Point and operated from ...
Shortly after the end of the war, it began to be replaced by the Grumman S2F Tracker, [9] the U.S. Navy first purpose-built ASW airplane to combine the hunter and killer roles in a single airframe. [11] The last AF retired from active service on 31 August 1955, [4] but it remained in service with the US Naval Air Reserve until 1957. [4]
It was there the squadron was redesignated VT-27 in July of that year and about that time that the Grumman S2F-1T Tracker was put into service as a multi-engine trainer. In September 1962 the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system changed the Tracker's designation to TS-2A. In July 1964, the "Boomers" were returned to Naval ...
19 January 1955. Retired. 1988. Developed from. Grumman S-2 Tracker. Developed into. Grumman E-1 Tracer. The Grumman C-1 Trader (TF prior to 1962) is a carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. It was replaced by a similar version of the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound.