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The Boeing E-3 Sentry Date: Jan 01, 2020 By: Army Veteran Richard Peters The Boeing E-3 Sentry is far more than just an airborne radar. Nicknamed the "Eye in the Sky" by many pilots, this airborne warning and control system (AWACS) is a combination flying command post and spy plane.
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Jet Engine Count Multi Manufactured as BOEING Sentry (TF33) BOEING E-3A (TF33) Sentry BOEING JE-3 Sentry BOEING E-3C Sentry BOEING E-3B Sentry E3TF Airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. In service since 1977.
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The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by commanders of U.S. and NATO air defense forces. FEATURES The E-3 Sentry is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome.
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Features The E-3 Sentry is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 feet (9.1 meters) in diameter, six feet (1.8 meters) thick, and is held 14 feet (4.2 meters) above the fuselage by two struts.
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a special mission aircraft built around a highly-modified Boeing Model 707-320 commercial airliner. The Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, is essentially a powerful airborne search and track radar system using a rotating dome affixed 11 feet above the top of the rear fuselage using two aerodynamic pylons.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American military airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, to the United States, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, and NATO air defense forces. Production ended in 1992 after 68 had been built. Design
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS) Airborne Surveillance, Command, Control and Communications Aircraft [ 1977 ] A critical player for the United States, NATO and a few Western allies, the Boeing E-3 Sentry continues service in the vital AWACs role.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
A United States Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry (73-1675) lands and takes off from Gander International Airport have a brief technical stop.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force (USAF), NATO, Royal Air Force (RAF), French Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, aircraft with an integrated command and control battle management, or C2BM, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform. The aircraft provides an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to the Joint Air Operations Center.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
Projects June 25 2020 E-3 AWACS (Sentry) Airborne Warning and Control System The E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) is built by Boeing Defense & Space Group. Function Airborne surveillance and C3 command, contral and communication E-3A Crew 17 (4 flight crew and 13 AWACS specialists) E-3B and E-3C Crew
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
Location: Oklahoma City Tinker Air Force Base - KTIK, USA - Oklahoma By: Connor Ochs Photos | Profile | Contact Album Like Share Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF) Reg: 75-0559 full info | 75-0559 photos Aircraft: Boeing E-3B Sentry Serial #: 21209 Photo date: 2023-04-16 Uploaded: 2023-08-19 Likes: 1
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The Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident was the September 22, 1995 crash of a United States Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning aircraft with the loss of all 24 crewmembers on board. [2] The aircraft, serial number 77-0354 with callsign Yukla 27, hit birds on departure from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, United States.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
December 1968, and subsequently Boeing received a go-ahead to continue testing for an additional six months. A full-scale AWACS mockup crew station was built in the Boeing Development Center using ac-tual 707-320 fuselage sections. Still keepingwatch How the E-3 Sentry AWACS evolved to meet its mission This head-on view of the E-3 Sentry shows
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
The E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Boeing 707-320B commercial airliner.
Boeing E3B Sentry (707300) USA Air Force Aviation Photo
The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing. E-3s are commonly known as AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System).
