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====Taiwan==== [[File:E-2K in Songshan Air Force Base 20110813.jpg|thumb|ROCAF E-2K, the updated E-2T, at Songshan Air Force Base, 2011]] Taiwan acquired four E-2T aircraft from the US on 22 November 1995. On 15 April 2006 Taiwan commissioned two new E-2K Hawkeyes at an official ceremony at the [[Republic of China Air Force]] (ROCAF) base in [[Pingtung Airport]] in southern Taiwan. The four E-2Ts were approved for upgrade to Hawkeye 2000 configuration in a 2008 arms deal.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwanairpower.org/af/e2t.html|title=ROCAF Northrop Grumman E-2T|work=taiwanairpower.org|access-date=August 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307034215/http://taiwanairpower.org/af/e2t.html|archive-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/Taiwan_08-47.pdf|title=Defense Security Cooperation Agency News Release. October 3, 2008, retrieved Sept. 14, 2009|work=osd.mil|access-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171925/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/Taiwan_08-47.pdf|archive-date=July 21, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The four E-2T aircraft were upgraded to what became known as E-2K standard in two batches, the first batch of two aircraft were sent to the United States in June 2010, arriving home in late 2011; on their return the second batch of two aircraft were sent for upgrade, returning to Taiwan in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Pei-haung|title=Taiwan receives upgraded E-2K early warning aircraft|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201303090028.aspx|access-date=2013-06-02|newspaper=Focus Taiwan|date=2013-03-09|author2=Kao Y.L.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108135834/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201303090028.aspx|archive-date=November 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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