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Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
The Hummer
“The carrier's eye in the sky.”
Northrop Grumman · military
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Length
57 ft 7 in
Wingspan
80 ft 7 in
Max speed
350 kts
Range
1,460 nmi
Ceiling
34,700 ft
Engines
2x Rolls-Royce T56
Crew
5
The E-2 Hawkeye is a carrier-based early-warning aircraft with a giant rotating radar dish on its back. It flies ahead of the fleet, spotting threats long before they appear on shipboard radar.
Fun fact
Its 24-foot radar 'rotodome' folds and the wings swing back so the Hawkeye can squeeze onto a crowded carrier deck.
How to spot one
Twin turboprop with a big round radar disc mounted above the fuselage.
One might be overhead right now.
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