An E-2D Hawkeye over Naval Station Norfolk on March 20, 2014.US Navy/MCS2 Ernest R. Scott The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the US Navy's newest airborne early warning and control aircraft. It took its first flight on August 3, 2007 and was delivered to the Navy in 2010. The E-2D is the Navy's eye in the sky, guiding friends and tracking foes from hundreds of miles away. On August 3, the US Navy's "digital quarterback," the Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first flight.The E-2D is the newest variant of the E-2 airborne early warning and control aircraft.