USAF E-3 SENTRY EYE IN THE SKY

Tom Kaminskiprofiles the heart of the USAF’s airpower – Boeing’s E-3 Sentry.

The ‘ZZ’ tail code on E-3B 71-1408 shows it’s allocated to the 18th Wing at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan. This was the second development aircraft, flown under the EC- 137D destination.Jim Haseltine

Between March 1977 and May 1992, Boeing delivered 68 E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to the US Air Force, NATO, the Royal Saudi Air Force, the French Air Force and the RAF.

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