Strike & Electronic Warfare
This aircraft was the nation's first carrier-launched strike-fighter, designed for both air-to-air combat and precision bombing while replacing the F-14 Tomcat
What is the F/A-18 Hornet?
This all-weather, carrier-based aircraft provides airborne early warning and command-and-control functions for the entire battle group
What is the E-2C Hawkeye?
First delivered in 1962, this land-based turboprop served for decades as the Navy's sole long-range antisubmarine warfare patrol plane
What is the P-3C Orion?
This twin-engine turboprop's primary mission is Carrier On-Board Delivery (C.O.D.), hauling up to 10,000 lbs of gear and personnel directly to flight decks
What is the C-2A Greyhound?
The world's first production tilt-rotor aircraft, capable of taking off vertically as a helicopter and converting into a high-speed turboprop airplane
What is the V-22 Osprey?
This famous U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron proudly flies the F/A-18 Hornet in air shows across America
Who are the Blue Angels?
Known as the Hawkeye 2000, this feature allows the E-2 to combine data streams from multiple sources to give commanders a single operational battle picture
What is Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)?
Based on a modified Boeing 737 airframe, this multi-mission maritime jet was introduced in 2013 to replace the aging P-3C Orion fleet
What is the P-8A Poseidon?
A massive four-engine tactical turboprop logistics plane designed to move heavy equipment and forces into short, unpaved airfields
What is the C-130 Hercules?
A heavy-lift helicopter operating from warships whose primary mission is Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM)
What is the MH-53E Sea Dragon?
These two model designators identify the single-seat and two-seat versions of the upgraded Super Hornet
What are the E and F models (F/A-18E and F/A-18F)?
This aircraft serves as the Navy's strategic airborne command post, relaying communications to fleet ballistic missile submarines under the TACAMO mission
What is the E-6B Mercury?
Deployed aboard cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and carriers, this twin-engine helicopter's primary mission is to detect and destroy enemy submarines
What is the SH-60 Seahawk?
A twin-engine jet derivative of the civilian Boeing 737 that provides high-speed fleet logistical airlift worldwide
What is the C-40 Clipper?
This rotary-wing platform serves as the primary training helicopter for student naval aviators learning basic flight maneuvers
What is the TH-57 Sea Ranger?
This specialized variant of the Super Hornet replaced the long-serving EA-6B Prowler to suppress enemy air defenses through high-powered radar jamming
What is the EA-18G Growler?
The total flight and mission crew size required to operate an E-2C Hawkeye, consisting of two pilots and three mission system operators
What is five?
Acoustic detection equipment deployed into the water by maritime patrol planes and Seahawks to listen for submerged submarine acoustic signatures
What are sonobuoys (or dipping sonar)?
This twin-engine light turboprop transports priority equipment and personnel directly between naval air stations
What is the C-12F Huron?
A remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that provides tactical commanders with real-time battlefield video surveillance and target tracking up to 15,000 feet
What is the RQ-2A Pioneer?
During this 1991 conflict, F/A-18 Hornets took direct hits from surface-to-air missiles, recovered aboard carriers, underwent rapid repairs, and resumed combat strikes the following day
What is Operation Desert Storm?
The maximum operational flight range of the E-6B Mercury while flying airborne command missions above 40,000 feet
What is 7,500 miles?
The original military model designation given to the P-3 Orion prior to the standardized tri-service designation change
What is the P3V?
Congress mandated these two specific aviator warning systems during the C-2A Greyhound overhaul program to protect passengers during flight
What are midair collision avoidance and terrain proximity warning systems?
The formal nautical/aviation term for the streamlined wing-tip housing that encloses an engine and rotates 90 degrees on tilt-rotor aircraft
What is a nacelle?