An E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., flies a mission. The E-3 Sentry is modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 feet in diameter, 6 feet thick and is held 11 feet above the fuselage by two struts. It contains a radar subsystem that permits surveillance from the Earth's surface up into the stratosphere, over land or water. The radar has a range of more than 200 miles for low-flying targets and farther for aerospace vehicles flying at medium to high altitudes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John K. McDowell)
Showing posts with label AWACS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AWACS. Show all posts
Sunday, January 15, 2012
E-3 Sentry
An E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., flies a mission. The E-3 Sentry is modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 feet in diameter, 6 feet thick and is held 11 feet above the fuselage by two struts. It contains a radar subsystem that permits surveillance from the Earth's surface up into the stratosphere, over land or water. The radar has a range of more than 200 miles for low-flying targets and farther for aerospace vehicles flying at medium to high altitudes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John K. McDowell)
E-3 Sentry
An E-3 Sentry takes off in support of Exercise Iron Thunder Feb. 7 at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The excercise helped prepare Airmen for airborne operations while deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew Davis)
E-3 Sentry
An E-3 A NATO E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System prepares to touch the tarmac after participating in Red Flag-Alaska 2009 April 30 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. This exercise enabled flying squadrons to enhance their fighting capabilities in simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment. The 10-day exercise ended May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Turner)
E-3 Sentry
An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft takes off Aug. 25 from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., while participating in a Red Flag exercise. Red Flag offers pilots and ground crews training in actual wartime scenarios to increase their combat skills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Robert J. Sabonis)
E-3 Sentry
A combined Electronic Systems Center team from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., recently tested the joint interoperability of a prototype interrogator for an E-3 Sentry AWACS, such as the one shown here. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
A-50
A Russian Federation Air Force A-50 airborne warning and control aircraft takes off to participate in Exercise Vigilant Eagle Aug. 8. Fighters and warning and control aircraft from the U.S. and Russia participated in the second Vigilant Eagle joint anti-terrorism exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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