Sunday, August 23, 2015

Final product photos HA4802 E-2C Hawkeye JASDF Misawa AB.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4802 Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 54-3456, AEW-601, AEW Group, Misawa AB.

On 6 September 1976 a Soviet pilot defected in a MiG-25 and Japanese radar lost the target because he flew at a very low altitude. This worried the JASDF so between 1983 and 1994 Japan obtained thirteen Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft. 

The aircraft were assigned to the 601 Hikotai “Batmen” based at Misawa AB, Honshu Island. Up until 1998 when the E-767 was added to their inventory the E-2C was the only AEW type of aircraft possessed by the JASDF. Japan has ordered the newer E-2D.






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