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| Keywords: AF-2S VS-25 NMNA.jpg Accepted by the U S Navy 6 July 1950 the museum's AF-2S entered squadron service with Experimental and Development Squadron VX 1 at Naval Air Station NAS Key West Florida where it served as a flight test aircraft until February 1952 Between 1952 and 1956 it flew with various Naval Air Reserve Units at NAS Jacksonville Florida NAS Willow Grove Pennsylvania and NAS South Weymouth Massachusetts Stricken from the Navy inventory at the naval storage facility at Litchfield Park Arizona on 17 December 1956 the aircraft was eventually sold in 1958 to Clayton Curtis of Frontier Airways At the time of sale it had accumulated 1469 hours of flight time Subsequently acquired by Aero Union Corporation of Reading California in 1962 the aircraft served as an aerial tanker fighting forest fires until 1978 at which time it began flying on the exhibition circuit Fully restored it was acquired by the museum in 1980 As the seventh AF-2S version of the Guardian built by Grumman the aircraft was one of the earliest in service and at the time of its acquisition it was the only flying example of its kind Painted in the markings of Antisubmarine Squadron VS 25 one of the first squadrons to operate the AF the aircraft resides in the west wing of the museum The 30 painted on the cowling is not historically accurate but instead stems from the aircraft's days as a fire fighter At that it had the radio call sign Red 30 U S Navy Museum of Naval Aviation website http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16008708 QueryPage 2FQuery php photo http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 27355 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16008708 size 200x135 1980 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman AF Guardian Anti-Submarine Squadron 25 United States Navy Aircraft at National Museum of Naval Aviation | ||||
