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

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: Usa

Model Dim.: 35,5 cm

E2-C Hawkeye

The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an airborne very very early caution (AEW) aircraft provider. The twin-turboprop airplane was made and developed throughout the belated 1950s by the Grumman Aircraft company the usa Navy rather the E-1 Tracer. first E-2C became practical in 1973 and possesses been upgraded often times since. The Hawkeye 2000 (the current variation) has an APS-145 radar with brand new objective computer and fight recommendations Center (CIC), coupled with usa Navy’s new CEC information transmission system. Since entering combat through the Vietnam War, the E-2 has offered america Navy around the globe. Hawkeyes through the atmosphere wing VAW-123 (also known as the “Screwtops) aboard the aircraft provider USS America directed a team of F-14 Tomcat fighters during procedure El Dorado Canyon, the joint attack against Libyan terrorist objectives during 1986. Now, the E-2Cs offered the need and control for both aerial warfare and land-attack objective during the Desert Storm and putting up with Freedom missions.