France Finalizes Purchase of 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye with VAW-120 is refueled in the air. US Navy Photo

France will begin upgrading its E-2C Hawkeye fleet with the purchase of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, paving the way to a more capable carrier aviation fleet that’s more interoperable with the U.S. Navy.

Naval Air Systems Command announced this week that France became the second foreign customer for the E-2D when it signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance last month to procure three E-2Ds from the U.S. Navy, for a maximum...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/06/france-finalizes-purchase-of-3-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-aircraft

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