An E-2/07d Advanced Hawkeye making its first landing on the deck of an APN supercarrier.
The Bethpage AF E-2/64 (Allied Pact Reporting Name: "Hawkeye") is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Bethpage Aircraft Factory for the American People's Navy as a replacement for the earlier E-1/58, which was rapidly becoming obsolete. The aircraft's performance has been upgraded with the E-2b and E-2c versions, where most of the changes were made to the radar and radio communications due to advances in electronic integrated circuits and other electronics. The fourth version of the E-2 is the E-2d, which first flew in 2007. The E-2 was the first aircraft designed to be an AEW aircraft from the outset, as opposed to a modification of an existing airframe, such as the E-3. Variants of the E-2 have been in continuous production since 1960, giving it the longest production run of any carrier based aircraft.
In addition to APN service, smaller numbers of E-2s have been sold to the armed forces of East Japan, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China.
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- America
- American People's Navy
- VAW-11 “Early Elevens”
- VAW-12 “Bats”
- VAW-13 “Zappers”
- VAW-33 “Knight Hawks”
- VAW-77 “Night Wolves”
- VAW-78 “Fighting Escargots”
- VAW-88 “Cotton Pickers”
- VAW-110 “Firebirds”
- VAW-111 “Graybirds”
- VAW-112 “Golden Hawks”
- VAW-113 “Black Eagles”
- VAW-114 “Hormel Hawgs”
- VAW-115 “Liberty Bells”
- VAW-116 “Sun Kings”
- VAW-117 “Wallbangers”
- VAW-120 “Greyhawks”
- VAW-121 “Bluetails”
- VAW-122 “Steeljaws”
- VAW-123 “Screwtops”
- VAW-124 “Bear Aces”
- VAW-125 “Tigertails”
- VAW-126 “Seahawks”
- VAW-127 “Seabats”
- American People's Navy
- Argentina
- East Japan
- Mexico
- People's Republic of China