Remembering Bluetail 601 – Four Years Later
Real heroes – amazing, and humbling, in what they do.
The E-2 Hawkeye At Fifty
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the E-2 Hawkeye’s entry into Fleet operations. Â Over the course of those fifty-years the aircraft has radically changed and grown in capabilities and mission focus, while visually remaining much the same as the first E-2A . Â From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq, Â it has been a part…
Hawkeye Week!
 A little Hawkeye Love over at Travel for Aircraft this week — head on over for a series of posts, and many photos of the mighty War Hummer! (props – literally to JM)
Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy
Project CADILLAC (Part I) Ed note: Everything has a beginning and that beginning is usually quite humble compared to present conditions. Consider, a small spring at the headwaters of the Madison River in Montana is the source of the mighty Missouri River which itself empties into ol’ man river — the Mississippi, all of which…
A Golden Anniversary: The Hawkeye At 50
By any measure, fifty years is remarkable. Birthdays, reunions, wedding anniversaries – in all of these the marker set at fifty years is justifiably prominent and noteworthy. For aircraft — especially those in carrier aviation, it is signatory. This month the E-2 Hawkeye will celebrate 50 years, starting with the first flight of the prototype,…