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The Northrop Grumman E-2 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 Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete.
The squadron received the E-2B Hawkeye aircraft in 1970, followed by the arrival of the E-2C on 31 May 1973. With the delivery of the first Advanced Radar Processing System (ARPS) aircraft in 1978, RVAW-120 trained Naval Flight Officers (NFO), Flight Technicians and maintenance personnel in both the APS-120 and APS-125 radars.
The squadron's initial supporting command was Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) deploying aboard USS Saratoga. [1] The squadron is equipped with the E-2 Hawkeye. It was the first east coast squadron with E-2B's in 1968, among the first to operate the E-2C in 1975, receiving the E-2C 2000 in its first operational year in 2003, and the first unit to ...
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 110 (VAW-110), nicknamed the "Firebirds", was an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at NAS Miramar. The Firebirds were a training squadron for the E-2 Hawkeyes .
E-2C Hawkeye E-2D Hawkeye. The VAW designation was first created in July 1948 with the establishment of VAW-1 and VAW-2 to designate "Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron". [8] It was in use for only one month as in August 1948 VAW-1 and VAW-2 were redesignated "Composite Squadron" VC-11 and VC-12.
VAW-113 E-2D Hawkeye takes off at Nellis Air Force Base in 2022 In 2010 VAW-113 completed a work-up cycle which included the multinational RIMPAC 2010. In February 2011, the squadron deployed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in support of Operation New Dawn in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman E-2B Hawkeye (BuNo 151725) of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 (VAW-117) "Wallbangers" in flight, circa in 1980. VAW-117 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 10 September 1980 to 5 May 1981.
A Gannet COD.4 from HMS Victorious (R38) aboard USS Bennington in 1965 A C-1A Trader in 1987 US-3A of VRC-50 in 1987. Early United States Navy (USN) recognition of need for a cargo plane capable of carrier landings resulted in airframe conversion of Grumman TBM-3 Avenger torpedo bombers to unarmed seven-passenger COD aircraft designated TBM-3R.