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    Airframe Family: Kaman H-2
    Latest Model:SH-2F Seasprite
    Last Military Serial:149753 USN
    Construction Number:55
    Latest Owner or Location:Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a HU2K-1.

    1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149753.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as UH-2A.

    From 1966 to 1967

    Transferred to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 2 (HC-2), NAS Lakehurst, NJ.
    Operated with markings: HU-25

    1967

    Converted to an UH-2C.

    By 1968

    Transferred to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 (HC-1), Detachment 43, NAS North Island, CA.
    Operated with markings: UP-04

    January 1968

    Deployed aboard USS Coral Sea supporting the Vietnam War.

    Circa 1975

    Converted to a SH-2F.

    By 1981

    Transferred to Helicopter Training Squadron 31 (HT-31).

    By 1988

    Transferred to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 30 (HSL-30), NAS Lakehurst, NJ.
    Operated with markings: HT-031

    21 May 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL during an open house

    12 March 1993

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 8H023.

    To Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 (1976) by Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Helis.com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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