Cool visitors at Hato could be seen in July 2001, when a number of VAW-77 Hawkeyes flew counter-narcotics missions from here for a few days. BuNo162615 spends its second life with the Air Force of Egypt.

This IDF/AF E-2C Daya was a non-restored museum piece in 1999. Remarkably, this aircraft was delivered to Mexico in 2004 as AMP-101, served only for a few years, before being retired in 2009 and being scrapped in 2013.

Photographer: Masumi Wada

Photographer: Masumi Wada

Photographer unknown

Photographer: Angelo Romano

Scrapped at AMARC.

VAW-113's wild paint scheme on short final for runway 31L.

This nice Greyhound carried an additional batch near the VRC-30 badge. The green badge shows the world and the he words "Operation Desert Storm World Tour 90-91 Kuwait AGS"

This Hawkeye was once used as a Grumman demonstration aircraft and used for a sales tour to France at Mont-de-Marsan in April 1981. Following a US Navy career with RVAW-120, VAW-123, VAW-125, VAW-88, VAW-110, VAW-122, VAW-120, VAW-113 "Black Eagles" (as pictured when assigned to CVW-14 on board USS Independence (CV-59) and eventually VAW-77. The Hawkeye was preserved as AF-00 at NAS Atlanta (GA) from November 1997.

This Hawkeye temporarely flew with the US Coasty Guard as 3505 in 1989. It returned to the US Navy in 1992 and served VAW-110 "Firebirds" up to 1994. It was placed in storage at NAD North Island and moved to Grumman St. Augustine (FL) in 1995. Eventually it was stricken at that location in September 1995.

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 "Providers" was established as Air Transport Squadron (VR) 5 on 24 Jun'43 at NAS Seattle (WA), equipped with Skytrains, Skymasters, Expeditors and Norsemans. Later it flew Avengers, Liftmasters and Samaritans. With the introduction of the Trader, VRC-30 was tasked with Carrier Onboard Delivery. It also flew Sabreliners, Skytrains and Hurons. It received in '85 its first Greyhounds. VRC-30 was based at NAS North Island (CA) and had 5 detachments, assigned to different CVWs. It saw its final flight with C-2A on 20 Sep'23 and was deactivated on 8 Dec'23.

Missing one digit in its modex, this Hawkeye was seen while landing at his homebase NAS Miramar (CA). It was assigned to CVW-2, in their turn assigned to USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). 160990 was movced to AMARC with inventory code 2E0028 on 26 March 1993. It was sold as scrap to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) on 17 May 2018.

A then quite new Hawkeye, NL-600 of VAW-114 "Hormel Hawgs" was assigned to CVW-15 on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). It flew later with VAW-110 and VAW-120 before it was assigned to the NAWC-WD at Point Mugu. It finally served VX-20 before 163537 was withdrawn from use in mid-2012. VAW-114 was disestablished on 31 March 1995.