Navy Takes Delivery Of E-2D; In-Flight Refueling By Middle Of Decade

The Navy took delivery of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft that will be used for training in preparation of the platform's operational evaluation in 2012, and the program hopes to equip it with in-flight refueling in the mid- to late-2010s, Capt. Shane Gahagan, the program manager, told Inside the Navy July 30.