Advanced Hawkeye

摘要

When the first Grumman Hawkeye made its maiden flight from Bethpage, New York, on October 21,1960, it was known as the W2F-1. The redesignation of US Navy aircraft in 1962 turned it into the E-2 Hawkeye and the type entered service alongside other newcomers to naval aviation, such as the F-4 Phantom Ⅱ in 1960, It had been ordered to replace another Grumman product, the E-1B Tracer.