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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2G Tracker
    Last Military Serial:152815 USN
    Construction Number:G-121-284C
    Last Civil Registration:N458DF
    Compressed ID:Grumman S-2G sn 152815 USN cn G-121...
    Latest Owner or Location:USDA Forest Service-Fepp, McClellan, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S2F-3S.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152815.

    1962

    Redesignated as S-2G.

    Markings Applied: AN1S0563, 2815, AN1S0563, 152815, NAVY

    2 August 1975

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1S563.

    To unknown owner with c/r N523DF {2}.

    To United Aeronautical Corporation, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    2 August 2000

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1S0563.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 December 2017

    To USDA Forest Service-Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N458DF.

    29 March 2018


    Photographer: Axel Klegien
    Notes: N458DF Grumman S-2 of CalFire / Tanker 79 at Kingman

    29 September 2018


    Photographer: Mike Woodley
    Notes: 2018 California International Airshow, Salinas, CA.

    29 September 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Salinas International Air Show in Salinas, CA.

    23 August 2020


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hollister Municipal Airport in Hollister, CA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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