Northrop Grumman’s E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable “mini-AWACS” aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and ...

When a carrier strike group launches aircraft into hostile airspace, the F/A-18s and F-35s get the glory. The missiles streak toward targets. The headlines follow the jets. But high above the carrier, ...

Somewhere above the vast blue expanse of the Pacific or Arabian Sea, a distinctive twin-turboprop aircraft with a large rotating disc mounted above its fuselage circles at altitude, its crew quietly ...

Airborne Command and Control Squadron 123 “Screwtops” have retired the E-2C to continue transition to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. VAW-123 sent two of its four remaining E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C (Airborne ...

The completion of aerial refueling testing with French tankers is another step towards the introduction of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye in the French Navy. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) ...

The U.S. Navy's E-2 Advanced Hawkeye is a carrier-borne Airborne Command and Control aircraft that has acted as a nerve center and protective umbrella for carrier groups for decades. Although the ...

As far as military aircraft go, which have this habit of staying on duty for decades, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is extremely young, having achieved initial operational capability (IOC) a little more ...

As the United States pivots its strategic focus towards the Indo-Pacific, where naval forces are expected to play a significant role, the E-2’s importance continues to grow. The Northrop Grumman E-2 ...