Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW AWACS PDF eBook + Aircraft Flight Manuals

General Characteristics

• Crew: 5: pilot, copilot, radar officer (RO), combat information center officer (CICO), aircraft control officer (ACO)
• Length: 57 ft 8+3?4 in (17.596 m)
• Wingspan: 80 ft 7 in (24.56 m)
• Height: 18 ft 3+3?4 in (5.582 m) : Radome could retract by 2 feet to fit into the 17′ 6″ clear height hangar of Essex and Midway class carriers. Retraction function no longer used.
• Wing area: 700 sq ft (65 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 9.15
• Airfoil: root: NACA 63A216; tip: NACA 63A414
• Empty weight: 40,200 lb (18,234 kg)
• Gross weight: 43,068 lb (19,535 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 57,500 lb (26,082 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Allison/Rolls-Royce T56-A-427 (E-2C), T56-A-427A (E-2D) turboprop, 5,100 shp (3,800 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 350 kn (400 mph, 650 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 256 kn (295 mph, 474 km/h)
• Ferry range: 1,462 nmi (1,682 mi, 2,708 km)
• Endurance: 6 hours (8 hours land-based)
• Service ceiling: 34,700 ft (10,600 m)
• Wing loading: 72.7 lb/sq ft (355 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.19 hp/lb (0.31 kW/kg)

Avionics

• AN/APS-145 Radar
• OL-483/AP IFF interrogator system
• APX-100 IFF Transponder
• OL-698/ASQ Tactical Computer Group
• AN/ARC-182 UHF/VHF radio
• AN/ARC-158 UHF radio
• AN/ARQ-34 HF radio
• AN/USC-42 Mini-DAMA SATCOM system

• W2F-1 – Original designation of the Hawkeye, changed to E-2A in 1962.
• E-2A – Initial production version, was W2F-1 before 1962. 59 built.
• TE-2A – Two E-2As converted as crew trainers.
• YC-2A – Two E-2As, BUNOs 148147 and 148148, converted as prototypes of the C-2 Greyhound
• E-2B – As E-2A but fitted with improved computing, enlarged outer fins. 52 converted from E-2A.
• YE-2C – Two E-2As, BUNOs 148712 and 148713, converted as E-2C prototypes. Designated as YE-2C and NE-2C respectively. These airframes then finished out their useful life being used as TE-2C pilot trainers.
• E-2C – As the E-2B but with all new electronics, surveillance radar and search radar, 63 built. In “plus-models” the E-2C also has upgraded turboprop engines.
  • E-2C Group 0 – Initial production version of E-2C, fitted with AN/APS-120 or AN/APS-125 radar. Lengthened nose compared to earlier versions
  • E-2C Group I – New radar (AN/APS-139), plus upgraded mission computer and upgraded engines. 18 new build aircraft.
  • E-2C Group 2 – AN/APS-145 radar, further improved electronics.
  • E-2C Group 2 Plus (Nav Upgrade) – Avionics upgrade, inclusion of GPS into weapon system.
  • E-2C Hawkeye 2000 – New mission computer, Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) and additional satellite communications aerial. Originally designated Group 2+.
• E-2D – A variant with new avionics suite, improved engines, a new “glass cockpit” and the potential for air-to-air refueling.
• E-2T/K – E-2C variant for Republic of China (Taiwan), with parts taken from retired E-2Bs (USN BuNos 151709, 151710, 151724, 152479). However, these aircraft have the same level of electronics as the E-2C Group II Hawkeyes with their APS-145 radars and are referred to as E-2T, with “T” standing for Taiwan. On July 31, 1999, Taiwan was approved to acquire two additional E-2s built to Hawkeye 2000 standard. Later, the four original E-2Ts were also upgraded to the same standard. The upgraded aircraft were referred to as E-2Ks.

• E-2B, BuNo 150540, National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
• E-2B, BuNo 152476, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
• E-2B, BuNo 152484, Air Victory Museum, Medford, New Jersey
• E-2B, BuNo 150541, NAS Norfolk Air Park (adjacent Gate 4), Naval Station Norfolk/Chambers Field (former NAS Norfolk), Virginia. Early E-2C variant nose cap installed for static display.
• E-2C, BuNo 159496, Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.
• E-2C, BuNo 160012, Garden City, NY as part of Cradle of Naval Aviation Display
• E-2C, 944, Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Air Base, Israel
• E-2C, BuNo 160992, on base memorial display, NAS Point Mugu, California
• E-2C, BuNo 161227, flight deck display aboard USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California
• E-2C, BuNo 161098, on display at former NAS Atlanta, GA
• E-2C, BuNo 161344, awaiting restoration at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA
• E-2C, BuNo 162796, Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum, 400 Airport Road, Singapore
• E-2C, BuNo 164494, National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. This aircraft was the last to launch from USS Enterprise prior to her inactivation.