2687 E2-C Hawkeye - Italeri 1/48  [IT-2687S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Nation: Usa

Model Dim.: 35,5 cm

E2-C Hawkeye

The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an airborne very early care (AEW) aircraft provider. The twin-turboprop airplane was made and developed throughout the belated 1950s by the Grumman Aircraft company the united states Navy instead the E-1 Tracer. first E-2C became practical in 1973 and possesses been upgraded sometimes since. The Hawkeye 2000 (the existing variation) has an APS-145 radar with amazing objective computer and battle suggestions Center (CIC), coupled with united states of america Navy’s brand new CEC information transmission system. Since entering combat through the Vietnam War, the E-2 has offered america Navy around the world. Hawkeyes through the environment wing VAW-123 (also called the “Screwtops) aboard the aircraft provider USS America directed a group of F-14 Tomcat fighters during procedure El Dorado Canyon, the joint attack against Libyan terrorist goals during 1986. Now, the E-2Cs offered the necessity and control for both aerial warfare and land-attack goal through the Desert Storm and putting up with Freedom missions.