Midway's Hangar
The Restoration Facility for the USS MIDWAY museum
(Currently known as The San Diego Aircraft
Carrier Museum, on the USS Midway CV-41)
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
The E-2
Hawkeye was designed as an airborne early-warning picket aircraft, carrying long range
search radar as well as digital computers which would automatically detect targets and
select the best available interceptor to be dispatched to meet each target. The first
Hawkeye flew in 1960, with deliveries to Navy units beginning in January of 1964. Of note
is the unusual tail configuration, which was the result of the peculiar airflow over and
around the enormous radome, leading to the design of the multiple-surface tail unit to
deal with that airflow. |
Now the E-2 is sporting a brand new shiny paint job.
Here is a side view.
You can see the new fuselage markings from behind.
It looks good from every angle.
Here is the E-2C as it now appears on the deck of the
USS Midway.
This particular aircraft's history:
Date Of manufacture: 10/23/1981
Where manufactured: Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, NY
Assignment Locations:
| 23 OCT 81 - 17 JAN 82 | NPRO REP Bethpage, New York |
| 17 JAN 82-NOV 83 | VAW-116/USS Ranger/NAS Miramar |
| NOV 83 - SEP 84 | VAW-116/USS Kittyhawk/NAS Miramar |
| SEP 84 - FEB 89 | period not accounted for |
| FEB 89 - JUNE 89 | NASC FS PL/REP Bethpage, NY |
| DEC 89 - DEC 92 | VAW-113/NAS Miramar/USS Independence |
| JUNE 91 - DEC 91 | NASC FS PL/REP Bethpage. NY |
| JUNE 91 - DEC 92 | VAW-113/St. Augustine |
| JUNE 91 - DEC 91 | NASC FS DPRO Grumman, Bethpage, NY |
| MAR 92 - MAR 94 | VAW-116/NAS Miramar/NAS North IsIand/ USS Ranger |
| APR 93 - MAR 95 | VAW-125/NAS Norfolk/USS Saratoga |
| MAR 95 - MAR 95 | VAW-125/NAS North Island, CA |
| 23 JUNE 97 | Declared excess to NAVAIR E2C PMA's Gov. Owned Material Reclamation program and awaiting Stricken Aircraft Reclamation and Disposal Program (SARDP). |
| 18 MAY 98 | NAVICP reclaimed aircraft for parts under SARDIP # 825. Requested effort to preserve outward appearance of aircraft for static display asset for SDACM. |
| 22 AUG 00 | Completed a modified SARDP procedure and all known classified and pyrotechnic equipment removed. |
| 09 MAR 99 - 09 MAR 04 | On loan to San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum from the National Museum of Naval Aviation. |
This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.