Originally Posted by Duksrule

The bird that had to be shot down by an F-18 was from VAW-122. It had a fire, I think in the wing, and was heading to Iran when they shot it down.

Rumor on this latest one is that the bird was on an FCF flight. The oil leak was so bad that it caused the prop on the engine not to feather.

I was in VAW-126 back in the early 90's when we put one in the water. Unfortunately all 5 onboard went in with it. I can still remember their names to this day. Oddly enough that was also due to a fire.

The E-2 is a work horse just like the C-2. I remember during the first gulf war we flew one pretty much non-stop for almost a week because the others we had were broke. It would be the first recovery in the cycle, hot seat, and last launch in the next cycle.