Delta One took off from the St. Augustine, Florida, airfield for its first flight Aug. 3, 2007. The aircraft was piloted by then-U.S. Navy Flight Test Pilot Lt. Drew Ballinger and Northrop Grumman Co. Flight Test Pilot Tom Boutin. The flight was approximately 1.3 hours. (Photo by Ted Carlson)
E-2D continues to equip warfighters on 10th anniversary of first flight
Airborne early warning and command and control platform continues to add capability a decade into service
Aug. 3 marks the 10th anniversary of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye’s (AHE) first flight. This birthday celebration comes in the wake of another first for the newest variant of the E-2 platform: The first aerial refueling-capable E-2D AHE successfully received its first inflight fuel transfer July 14. As it has for the last decade, the E-2D AHE and E-2/C-2 Airborne Tactical Data System Program Office (PMA-231) team continue the mission of equipping warfighters with an unmatched airborne early warning and command and control (AEW&CC) aircraft to go and win the fight today and tomorrow.