Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Central Command said planes just like the E-2D Hawkeye are in the Middle East right now as part of "Operation Epic Fury." The ...

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, ...

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 ...

The E-2 Hawkeye is an aircraft carrier-capable, airborne early warning and control aircraft. First delivery of the initial E-2A model occurred in 1964. The improved E-2C first flew in 1971 and was ...

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 ...

U.S. Central Command said planes just like the E-2D Hawkeye are in the Middle East right now as part of “Operation Epic Fury.” The company that makes the aircraft, Northrop Grumman, said this is the ...