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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.
Early Warning Squadron 116 (Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye) Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14 (Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King) Detachment 61, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (Grumman C-2 Greyhound) Detachment, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 50 (Grumman C-2 Greyhound) Carrier Group Eight – in the Persian Gulf (later Red Sea) [18]
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.
Grumman E-1 Tracer: Carrier-based airborne early warning: Grumman: Developed from the Grumman C-1 Trader. Replaced by the E-2 Hawkeyes in 1964. [2] 1956 [3] 1960 [3] 88 Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye: Carrier-based airborne early warning: Northrop Grumman: Highly used by the United States Navy; developed into the Grumman C-2 Greyhound. [4 ...
In 2013 VAW-123 received the Airborne Command Control and Logistics Wing "Top Hook" Award for having the best aircraft carrier landing grades of all East Coast E-2 squadrons. [ 2 ] The squadron was deployed aboard USS Enterprise prior to the decommissioning of the ship in 2013 and then transferred to Carrier Air Wing 3, which is assigned to USS ...
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. This continued ...
The plant was most associated with assembling, flight testing, refitting, and retrofitting naval aircraft like the Grumman A-6 Intruder, E-2 Hawkeye, EA-6B Prowler and Grumman F-14 Tomcat. [6] Older U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft such as the F9F Panther, F-9 Cougar, and F-11 Tiger were also tested at the facility.
Grumman's first jet aircraft was the F9F Panther; it was followed by the upgraded F9F/F-9 Cougar, and the F-11 Tiger in the 1950s. The company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and E-2 Hawkeye and in the 1970s with the Grumman EA-6B Prowler and F-14 Tomcat.