U.S. Navy E-2D Hawkeye and F/A-18 Super Hornet.
The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is a US Navy aircraft that operates from aircraft carriers. It was developed by Grumman and is built by Northrop Grumman.
The E-2A Hawkeye, the first version of the Hawkeye, became operational in 1964. Due to various problems, the A-version was soon modernised into B-version. In 1973, the first C-version flew and underwent several upgrades over the years. As of 2010, the D-version, the Advanced Hawkeye, was delivered to the U.S. Navy.
This photo was taken on 17 September 2023 during the airshow at NAS Oceana, Virginia in the United States.
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…