The Grumman S-2 Tracker is an American twin-engine anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed for the United States Navy. Although still in active service in South America, the S-2 has been retired elsewhere, and a number of aircraft are now on public display.

Surviving aircraft Argentina US-2A Tracker 0510/6-G-52 of the Argentine Naval Aviation at Naval Aviation Museum, Bahía Blanca"MUAN picture." museoaeronaval.ara.mil. Retrieved: 10 July 2011.

Australia

Airworthy S-2G VH-NVX painted as N12-152833 (844), ex USN BuNo 152333, of the Royal Australian Navy and formerly operated by the Navy Heritage Flight, since transferred with all RANHF assets to HARS Aviation Museum and returned to flight 14 September 2019 On display

S-2A Tracker BuNo 133160 – Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra Airport, Caloundra West, Queensland, Australia S-2G Tracker N12-152812 (851), ex BuNo 152812 – HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park, New South Wales S-2G Tracker N12-153582 (859), ex BuNo 153582 – Fleet Air Arm Museum, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia S-2G Tracker N12-153566 (854), ex BuNo 153566, was on loan to Gippsland Armed Forces Museum, West Sale Airport, Sale, Victoria, AustraliaFORMER ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY (RAN) – FLEET AIR ARM (FAA) GRUMMAN S-2E/G TRACKERS STILL WAITING FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED February 2016 Down Under Aviation News Retrieved August 29, 2016 until June 2016. S-2E Tracker N12-153600 (845), ex BuNo 153600 – HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia S-2E Tracker N12-153597 (842), ex BuNo 153597 – HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, formerly privately owned in outside storage near HMAS Albatross. To be restored to external completeness, repainted and possibly to be used as a gate guard outside the new HARS facility to be built at HMAS Albatross. S-2G Tracker N12-153567 (855), ex BuNo 153567, National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Phillip Island, VictoriaNational Vietnam Veterans Museum - Grumman Tracker Retrieved September 21, 2016

Brazil One S-2A Tracker and one S-2E Tracker, on display at the Brazilian Air Force Aerospace Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil."Aeronaves por ordem de fabricante (List of aircraft by manufacturer) (in Portuguese)." Museu Aeroespacial. Retrieved: 16 July 2010.

Canada

CS2F-1 Tracker 1501 at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia CS2F-2 Tracker 1507 at the Base Borden Military Museum, CFB Borden, Barrie, Ontario CS2F-2 Tracker 1545 at the National Air Force Museum of Canada, Trenton, Ontario CS2F-2 Tracker 1577 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario"Grumman CS2F-2 Tracker." Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Retrieved: 15 June 2010. (undergoing restoration to flying status)Burman, John. "Aging Grumman on track to fly again." The Hamilton Spectator, 27 March 2012. Retrieved: 8 October 2012. CS2F-2 Tracker 1598 at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CS2F-2 Tracker 1600 – Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto, Ontario CP-121 Tracker 12131 – Slemon Park, former CFB Summerside, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. CP-121 Tracker 12157 – Shearwater Aviation Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia. CP-121 Tracker 12176 – Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia CP-121 Tracker 12187 – Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario "Grumman CP-121 Tracker." Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 31 May 1956. Retrieved: 2 October 2012. CP-121 Tracker 12188 – Comox Air Force Museum, Comox, British ColumbiaGrumman CP-121 Tracker - Comox, BC Retrieved: 7 January 2014 Conair Firecat (conversion from CS2L Tracker), Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Conair Firecat (conversion from CS2F-2 Tracker), registration CF-OPU, Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, British Columbia

Italy CS2F-1 Tracker MM136556, Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle, Italy

Japan

S2F-1 4131 On display at Kanoya Naval Air base Museum at Kanoya Air Field, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan 鹿屋航空基地 史料館 屋外展示 Retrieved August 30, 2016 Thompson, Paul Where are they now? J-HangarSpace Retrieved September 23, 2016 S2F-1 4150 At Tokushima Air Base, Matsushige Tokushima Prefecture S2F (US Navy) forward section on display at Kawaguchiko Motor Museum, Narusawa, Yamanashi prefectureThompson, Paul Aviation Museums J-HangarSpace Retrieved September 23, 2016

Netherlands US-2N Tracker 160, on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg"US-2N / 160" Nationaal Militair Museum Retrieved: 14 October 2017. (C)S-2A Tracker 184, on display at Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy, Den Helder

South Korea

S-2 Tracker, on display at Daejeon National Cemetery S-2 Tracker, on display at Jeju International Airport, Jeju Island S2 Tracker, on display at Jinhae Naval Base, Jinhae S-2 Tracker, on display at the War Memorial of Korea, Seoul"Outdoor Exhibit: S-2 Tracer." War Memorial of Korea, 2010. Retrieved: 23 August 2010.

Turkey

Ex-USN BuNo 149877/TCB-877, S-2E, on display at the Istanbul Aviation Museum.

United States S2F-1 (S-2A) BuNo 133179 – Mid America Air Museum, Liberal, Kansas. BuNo 133224 – Former US Navy S-2A, former California Division of Forestry (CDF) Tanker 84, displayed at the Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California."S-2 Tracker/133224." Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 133251 – Former CDF Tanker 78 Aerospace Museum of California, North Highlands, California"S-2 Tracker/133251." Aerospace Museum of California. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 136433 – Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, Florida BuNo 136468 – Pima Air Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona."S-2 Tracker/136468." Pima Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 136546 – Weed Airport, Weed, California. BuNo 136560 – Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. BuNo 136567 – Former CDF Tanker 74 Estrella Warbird Museum, Paso Robles, California."S-2 Tracker/136567." Estrella Warbird Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 136719 – Legacy Flight Museum, Rexburg, Idaho.

US-2A BuNo 136421 – Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, CA.http://www.castleairmuseum.org/ondisplay/" S-2 Tracker/13641 Retrieved: 30 April 2016. BuNo 136486 – Combat Air Museum at Topeka Regional Airport / Forbes Field and adjacent to Forbes Air National Guard Base (former Forbes Air Force Base) in Topeka, Kansas."S-2 Tracker/136486." Combat Air Museum. Retrieved: 4 March 2013. BuNo 144721 – Selfridge Military Air Museum at Selfridge Air National Guard Base (former Selfridge Air Force Base), Harrison Township, Michigan."S-2 Tracker/144721." Selfridge Military Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.

US-2B

BuNo 136431 – Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas."Aircraft: Grumman S2F-1 Tracker/136431." Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Retrieved: 28 December 2018. Removed from public display when the museum indefinitely closed on 1 January 2024. To be moved to North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas. BuNo 136433 – Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida."S-2 Tracker/136433." Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 136534 – Kissimmee Air Museum at Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida."S-2 Tracker/136534." Kissimmee Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 136691 – USS Hornet Museum at the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California."S-2 Tracker/136691." USS Hornet Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.

S2F-3 (S-2D)

BuNo 147870 – Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii. BuNo 148730 – NAS Jacksonville Heritage Park, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. BuNo 149240 – Patuxent River Naval Air Museum adjacent to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Lexington Park, Maryland."S-2 Tracker/149240." Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.

S2F-3S (S-2E) BuNo 151647 – National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida BuNo 151657 – at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina."S-2 Tracker/151657." Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015. BuNo 152337 – Grumman Greenhouse, an art installation outside of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."S-2 Tracker/152337." Grumman Greenhouse | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved: 25 July 2016.

Uruguay

S-2G Tracker A-856, ex BuNo 152376 – Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum, Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones.https://museo.fau.mil.uy/FICHAS/ficha-GRUMMAN%20S-2G.html

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