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08-16-07, 12:52 PM
Truman Hawkeye crashes at sea; crew missing
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Aug 16, 2007 13:01:22 EDT
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PH Patrick Marvin Lee Copeland / Navy
An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Greyhawks of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 crashed at sea during the night of Aug. 15. Three crewmen remain missing.
An E-2C Hawkeye early-warning plane flying from the carrier Harry S. Truman crashed at sea around 11 p.m. Aug. 15 about 150 miles off the Virginia Capes, the Navy said. There were three crew members aboard. As of the following morning, Navy and Coast Guard air units were still conducting air and sea searches for possible survivors.
The Navy did not release the crew members’ identities.
The Hawkeye belongs to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, homeported at Naval Base Norfolk. VAW 120 is the east coast E-2C/C-2A Fleet Replacement Squadron based at Naval Station Norfolk and trains pilots and Naval Flight Officers in both aircraft before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons, the Navy said.
Truman is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in COMPTUEX in preparation for deployment to the Persian Gulf.
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Aug 16, 2007 13:01:22 EDT
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/xml/news/2007/08/navy_hawkeye_crash_070816w/070816_navy_newhawkeye_800_287.jpg
PH Patrick Marvin Lee Copeland / Navy
An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Greyhawks of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 crashed at sea during the night of Aug. 15. Three crewmen remain missing.
An E-2C Hawkeye early-warning plane flying from the carrier Harry S. Truman crashed at sea around 11 p.m. Aug. 15 about 150 miles off the Virginia Capes, the Navy said. There were three crew members aboard. As of the following morning, Navy and Coast Guard air units were still conducting air and sea searches for possible survivors.
The Navy did not release the crew members’ identities.
The Hawkeye belongs to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, homeported at Naval Base Norfolk. VAW 120 is the east coast E-2C/C-2A Fleet Replacement Squadron based at Naval Station Norfolk and trains pilots and Naval Flight Officers in both aircraft before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons, the Navy said.
Truman is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in COMPTUEX in preparation for deployment to the Persian Gulf.