page_title: Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91)
context_page_description: The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete. The aircraft's performance has been upgraded with the E-2B, and E-2C versions, where most of the changes were made to the radar and radio communications due to advances in electronic integrated circuits and other electronics. The fourth major version of the Hawkeye is the E-2D, which first flew in 2007. The E-2 was the first aircraft designed specifically for its role, as opposed to a modification of an existing airframe, such as the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Variants of the Hawkeye have been in continuous production since 1960, giving it the longest production run of any carrier-based aircraft.
  The E-2 also received the nickname "Super Fudd" because it replaced the WF "Willy Fudd".
context_section_description:  Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force
   France
  French Navy
  4 Flotille (E-2C Hawkeye 2000)
   Japan
  Japan Air Self-Defense Force
  601st Squadron (E-2C)
  603rd Squadron (E-2C)
   Mexico
  Mexican Navy
   Taiwan (Republic of China)
  Republic of China Air Force
   United States
  United States Navy
  VAW-112
  VAW-113
  VAW-115
  VAW-116
  VAW-117
  VAW-120
  VAW-121
  VAW-123
  VAW-124
  VAW-125
  VAW-126
  VX-20
  VX-1
caption: French Naval Aviation Hawkeye preparing to be catapulted from the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle.
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