Boeing E-3 Sentry

The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a military aircraft. It is used as an airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft by the United States Air Force, NATO and three foreign operators: France, Saudi Arabia, and the UK. It is a military variant of the famous Boeing 707 airliner. It is classified as an Airborne Warning and Control System, or an AWACS for short.

This kind of aircraft was used in the Gulf War, as well as in the War in Afghanistan.

The Boeing E-3 Sentry is used to watch the battlefield in the air and on the surface by tracking and observing them, then giving that information to military members on the same side. As such, they are considered very important by the air forces that use them.

The E-3 gets this data from to a big rotating radar that rises from its back. This radar allows it to detect enemy planes, while being out of range of enemy anti-air guns and missiles.

 References 

 E-3 Sentry (AWACS), Archived, Tinker Air Force Base

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E-3 Sentry
Category:United States Air Force aircraft