Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye of the JASDF (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) has landed at Hyakuri Air Base.
Photo taken on February 7, 2020, my last spotting trip before the Corona pandemic made travel impossible.
The Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye is an American maritime AWACS aircraft that does its work from aircraft carriers. It was developed by Grumman and was built by Northrop Grumman.
The E-2 was successful on the export market; the aircraft is used by the air forces of Israel, Japan, Egypt, Singapore, Taiwan and the French Navy.
                                
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…