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Constructed as a S2F-3S.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149265.

Redesignated as S-2E.

Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

From 22 August 1996 to By 1998

To USDA/US Forest Service/CDF, Mather, CA with new c/r N504DF.

11 July 2000

To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N431DF {2}.

Operated by California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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From By 2002 to By 2005

Stored unconverted at Mesa, AZ.

1 May 2002

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: N431DF at Marsh Aviation, Mesa Falcon Field,Tucson, AZ before starting a new life as firefighter

Contracted to Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ for work on the airframe.
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Converted to a S-2F3AT by Marsh.
New construction number, 787-38, assigned to the airframe.

By 2005

Operated as fire service #78 with markings: CDF

10 June 2005

Certificate of airworthiness for NR431DF {2} issued.

20 February 2006

Photographer: Nick Taylor
Notes: Taken at Ramona Airport (RNM) on the Air Attack Base ramp.

28 June 2007

Certificate of airworthiness for NR431DF {2} (S-2F3AT, 149265) issued.

4 September 2011

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Parked on the ramp at Fresno, CA.

5 September 2011

Photographer: Mike Henniger

30 September 2019

Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A.

18 August 2020

Photographer: Jim Leslie
Notes: This photo was taken on 18 Aug 2020 as the aircraft was departing Hollister Airport on fire fighting duties. Normal home base for this CalFire S-2 is Porterville.Note that the day this photo was taken there was a large fire in the nearby city of Salinas which accounts for the large amount of smoke in the air.