E-2Ds for JASDF

It is reported that an additional nine Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft will be acquired for the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF). Japan had ordered an original batch of four E-2Ds in 2015, with one aircraft ordered in November 2015 and the second in August 2016. The E-2D is replacing 11 earlier E-2C Hawkeyes that entered service with the JASDF in 1982 and are based at Misawa and Naha Air Bases, operating under the Keikai Kokutai (AEW Group).