Crew: 5: pilot, copilot, radar officer (RO), combat information center officer (CICO), aircraft control officer (ACO)
Length: 57Â ft 8+3?4Â in (17.596Â m)
Wingspan: 80Â ft 7Â in (24.56Â m)
Height: 18Â ft 3+3?4Â in (5.582Â m)Â : 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.
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 USSÂ Enterprise prior to her inactivation.
