First aerial refuelling-capable E-2D Advanced Hawkeye joins US Navy fleet

摘要

The US Navy (USN) has begun to introduce aerial refuelling-capable E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning and control aircraft to the fleet. A first suitably modified E-2D aircraft - BuNo 169066 - landed at Naval Station Norfolk on 9 September, officially marking the arrival of this upgraded aircraft in the USN. The aircraft has joined Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 120 to begin training instructor pilots and conduct air-to-air refuelling with a number of different USN and US Air Force aircraft.