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A Grumman S-2A Tracker in flight
Photographer: Public Domain - US Navy photo
Taken: Circa 1960s
Caption: A Grumman S-2A Tracker in flight
Additional Description: A Grumman S-2A Tracker (BuNo 136658) of anti-submarine squadron VS-29 Tromboners. VS-29 was assigned to Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) and flew the S-2A from 1960 to 1963. Note that both the MAD-boom and the radar are extended. This plane was later sold and converted to a fire-fighting plane.
Submitted: November 14, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p621279
File Size: 0.050 Megabytes

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