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Air Force Events ·Dec 2, 2025 ·🇦🇷 Argentina

Argentinian Navy S-2 Retired

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Argentinian Navy
DateDec. 2, 2025
Country🇦🇷 Argentina
ForceArgentinian Navy
Location Comandante Espora Naval Air Base, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
-38.74, -62.17
Aircraft S-2 (S-2 Tracker)
Event type Retired
Change -2 active
Description

The Argentine Navy retired its S-2T Turbo Tracker anti-submarine aircraft on 2 December 2025, Zona Militar reported. In the afternoon the last aircraft, 2-AS-23, took off for a final flight over Bahía Blanca and folded its wings after landing at Comandante Espora Naval Air Base in front of the Navy's senior leadership. The type had served with the Naval Anti-Submarine Squadron since the first Trackers arrived in 1962, and Argentina was the last country flying it operationally.

Sources
Side Profile
Grumman S-2 Tracker Other profile drawing
Profile of S-2 Tracker
Comandante Espora Naval Air Base, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Comandante Espora Naval Air Base, Bahía Blanca, Argentina