Rarely seen, a French E-2C Hawkeye flying radar station.
The French armed forces own 4 E-2C Hawkeyes. These are not seen too often. During the NATO Tiger Meet 2016 in Zaragoza, Spain, there were 2 present. The aircraft in the photo is extra nice because of the tiger print applied. Unfortunately, I did not see this aircraft fly during the days I was there.
The 5 white smoke trails above the radar were "laid down" there by the Patrulla Águila of the Spanish Air Force.
I took this photo on May 21, 2016.
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…