Grumman S-2 Tracker Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Grumman S-2 Tracker

Grumman S-2 Tracker of the US Navy.
Role	Shipborn anti-submarine aircraft
National origin	USA.
Manufacturer	Grumman
First flight	1952
Introduction	1954
Status	Active in Argentina Navy.
Primary user	US Navy.
Produced	Out of production.
Number built	1284

The Grumman S-2 Tracker is an american military aircraft built for operations against soviets submarines of the Cold War. Grumman sold it at various foreign countries like Brazil, Japan, or Turkey. The Conair Firecat is a water bomber variant built in Canada.

Images for kids

Starboard wing root and fold mechanism (note: wing removed)
U.S. Navy S-2 Tracker on the port catapult of USS Lexington ready for take-off, 22 January 1963
A TS-2A aircrew training version of the Tracker in 1976
Argentine S-2T Turbo Tracker in hangar with wings folded.
Australian Tracker 845 "in the chocks" prepares to launch from HMAS Melbourne, 1980
Canadian Forces CP-121 Tracker from VU-33 folds its wings while taxiing at CFB Moose Jaw in 1982
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force S2F-1 at Kanoya Air Base
Dutch Grumman S-2 Tracker
Peruvian Navy S-2E Trackers
S-2E Tracker in the Istanbul Aviation Museum
Uruguayan Naval Aviation Grumman S-2G Tracker (G-121)
An early S2F-1 in 1954
S2F production line in 1956
A US-2C of VC-3.
The final S-2G with its S-3A replacement in 1976
CDF S-2F3AT Turbine Tracker landing at Fox Field, Lancaster, California, while fighting the 2007 North Fire
Argentine S2T Tracker operating from the Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo
View from an Australian Tracker on final approach to aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne
Tracker 848 about to take the wire aboard HMAS Melbourne, 1980
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force S2F-C
CDF S-2T on the Sawtooth Complex fire, 2006
French Sécurité Civile S-2FT Tracker used for fire-fighting duties
Canadian-made CS2F-2 Tracker on permanent static display at Base Borden Military Museum