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The carrier based Grumman AF-2W ‘Guardian was the last type to be fitted with the AN/APS-20 airborne radar, but in this case the craft was not an airborne early warning airplane, but rather a submarine hunter. It would fly with a companion Guardian that was not fitted with the radar, but carried anti submarine weapons to kill any hostile submarine that the AF-2W found. They were the largest single engined, piston engine powered carrier airplanes ever operated by the U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy photo.
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| current | 19:22, 16 November 2011 | | 698 × 545 (51 KB) | Davidboslaugh (talk | contribs) | The carrier based Grumman AF-2W ‘Guardian was the last type to be fitted with the AN/APS-20 airborne radar, but in this case the craft was not an airborne early warning airplane, but rather a submarine hunter. It would fly with a companion Guardian that |
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| 19:19, 16 November 2011 |  | 698 × 545 (51 KB) | Davidboslaugh (talk | contribs) | The carrier based Grumman AF-2W ‘Guardian was the last type to be fitted with the AN/APS-20 airborne radar, but in this case the craft was not an airborne early warning airplane, but rather a submarine hunter. It would fly with a companion Guardian that |
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