page_title: VAW-120
section_title: Squadron history
hierarchical_section_title: VAW-120 / Squadron history
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Grumman C-2A Greyhound (BuNo 162174) from airborne early warning squadron VAW-120 Greyhawks at the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA), on 1 August 1989. VAW-120 is a training squadron for E-2 crews.
context_page_description: Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 is a United States Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron responsible for training crews on the E-2 Hawkeye and the C-2 Greyhound.
context_section_description: The squadron was originally established on 6 July 1948 as Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron TWO (VAW-2) at NAS Oceana. It later relocated to NAS Norfolk.
caption: VAW-120 C-2A at NAS Oceana in 1989
exif: {}