E-2d Usn Hawkeye 1/48 - US Navy (USA)

Our premium high quality air & space museum replicas and naval models are handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base.Dimensions are 12-1/2 (L) X 15"(Wingspan).

The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather aircraft carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier E-1 Tracer which was rapidly becoming obsolete. E-2 performance has been upgraded with the E-2B and E-2C versions where most of the changes were made to the radar and radio communications due to advances in electronic integrated circuits and other electronics. The fourth version of the Hawkeye is the E-2D which first flew in 2007.

The E-2 also received the nickname "Super Fudd" because it replaced the E-1 Tracer "Willy Fudd". In recent decades the E-2 has been commonly referred to as the "Hummer" because of the distinctive sounds of its turboprop engines quite unlike that of turbojet and turbofan jet engines. The E-2 and its sister the C-2 Greyhound are currently the only propeller airplanes that operate from aircraft carriers. In addition to U.S. Navy service smaller numbers of E-2s have been sold to the armed forces of Egypt France Israel Japan Mexico Singapore and Taiwan.