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Hawkeyes!

Uncle Fester

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Tracer Ball!

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110917-N-BQ817-168 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2011) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Albert Jones/Released)
 

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Tracer Ball!

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110917-N-BQ817-168 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2011) An E-2D Hawkeye assigned to Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Albert Jones/Released)
Pioneer 600 looking good.

In that vein:
http://jaxairnews.jacksonville.com/military/jax-air-news/2012-01-25/story/e-2d-hawkeye-evals
 

BusyBee604

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Tracer Ball!

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Tracer...HAH! Hadn't heard that handle (or cruised with E-1s), since '61 0n TICO. I remember the first time I heard the Tracer described as a "Tracker, being hi-jacked by a Flying Saucer"! I guess that could apply to the E-2/C-2??:)
BzB
 

Uncle Fester

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The D's have a higher max trap weight than the C, so a different ball call was required. Somehow they settled on "Tracer" when VX-20 first took them to the Boat.

Nobody asked me, but I preferred "Cadillac", in honor of the original AEW Project Cadillac during the Big War. Plus, this sucker is totally a Caddy - fat, slow, chrome-plated tons of all-American vehicle.

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Alpha_Echo_606

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120904-N-JV638-123 ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 4, 2012) An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 flies above the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Randy J. Savarese/Released)

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120904-N-JV638-195 ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 4, 2012) An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 lands on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Randy J. Savarese/Released)
 
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