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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2T Tracker
    Last Military Serial:N12-152337 RAN
    Construction Number:224C
    Last Civil Registration:N436DF {3}
    Compressed ID:Grumman S-2T sn N12-152337 RAN cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:USDA Forest Service-Fepp, McClellan, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-2T.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152337.

    18 April 1975

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1S0526.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Navy with s/n N12-152337.

    9 October 2003

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N436DF {3}.

    9 August 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR436DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152337) issued.

    2 October 2006

    To Jett Racing and Sales Inc, Salem, OR keeping c/r N436DF {3}.

    To California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    28 June 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR436DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152337) issued.

    8 April 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR436DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152337) issued.

    Circa 8 April 2009

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N436DF {3}.

    20 October 2009

    To Jett Racing and Sales Inc, Salem, OR keeping c/r N436DF {3}.

    By 4 September 2011

    Operated as fire service #76.

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: N436DF launches from Fox Field, Lancaster, CA.

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: N436DF flies north out of Fox Field at Lancaster, CA, on the way to a drop on the Tehachapi fire.

    15 January 2013

    To USDA Forest Service-Fepp, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N436DF {3}.

    10 March 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At McClellan airport, California
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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