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E-2D to get HUD as part of cockpit upgrade

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The E-2 is the last fixed-wing carrier-borne aircraft in the U.S. Navy that lacks a Heads-Up Display (HUD), this will change with the E-2D Hawkeye Cockpit Technical Refresh (HECTR program.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 19, 2018) Aviation Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Fabian Lopez, assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, troubleshoots instrument lighting in the cockpit of an E-2C Hawkeye in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently underway in preparation for the ship’s participation in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ethan J. Soto/Released)

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Sailors transitioning to CMV-22B are embedded with VMM-166 in Middle East

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A group of U.S. Navy aviators, aircrew, and maintainers selected to transition to the CMV-22B are now embedded with VMM-166 in the Middle East to pick up opearational experience.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (Reinforced,) assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, stand in front of a MV-22B Osprey in Kuwait, Aug. 5, 2020. Sailors, who will eventually transition to the Navy’s CMV-22B Osprey, are currently deployed to the Middle East with the California-based Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

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E-2C struck CATM-9X during bolter

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A E-2C assigned to VAW-116 struck a captive training AIM-9X on the wing of a F/A-18F during a “hook-skip bolter” on Aug. 23.

171006-N-MJ135-437 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 6, 2017) An E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to the Sunkings of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116, lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Spencer Roberts/Released)

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