Last US Navy E-2C Group ll retired

摘要

AS THE US Navy continues to modernise its fleet, the service has retired its final E-2C Hawkeye Group ll Navigation Upgrade (NAVUP) aircraft. The last example, coded 'AJ-606', serial unconfirmed, was assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) 'Bear Aces' at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. It made a farewell flight at Norfolk on November 19 as part of a sundown ceremony to mark retirement of the last of this variant.