Grumman E-2B Hawkeye
Quick Facts
Quick Facts
Housing a powerful search radar antenna, the E-2 is 24-foot diameter rotating dome is unmistakable.
The first aircraft designed for Airborne Early Warning, the E-2 conducts air, sea and land surveillance.
It can control aircraft for tactical missions and carrier launch and recovery operations.
E-2B reliability enhancements, including a new mission computer and improved avionics cooling, began a process of revolutionary improvement that led to the current E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, which was fielded in 2013.
