2687 - 1/48 E2-C Hawkeye Italeri  [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 ended up being made and developed through the entire belated 1950s by the Grumman Aircraft business the usa Navy rather the E-1 Tracer. first E-2C became practical in 1973 and possesses been upgraded often since. The Hawkeye 2000 (the existing variation) has an APS-145 radar with amazing objective computer and battle suggestions Center (CIC), along with usa Navy’s groundbreaking CEC information transmission system. Since entering combat through the Vietnam War, the E-2 has provided america Navy around the globe. Hawkeyes through the environment wing VAW-123 (also known as 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 Desert Storm and putting up with Freedom missions.