Boeing Weirdest $270 Million Surveillance Plane in Action

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the Boeing E-3 Sentry; an Airborne Warning Control System (AWACS) that took 10 years to develop before it entered service in 1977.

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[davidrobertjones]

Thanks for the video, was thinking of getting one of these

[whiterabbit-wohw]

The F4 is my very favorite fighter/bomber of all time.

[ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

The B52 and 707 are legends. The B52 will be 100 when its retired and KC's are just being replaced and the AWACS replacement was cancelled years ago. Boeing built some magic with these two planes.

[Jon_Ringo]

Refueling tankers don't have loadmasters, they have book operators.

[dysphoriatic]

That's funny just saw an e3 at an airshow yesterday

[alaskaaudioguy]

We are one of the few countries the old engines on it others did the upgrade it would be able to take off and spot faster and use shorter runways burn less fuel. But their talking about building s new version of it

[milcotto]

The AWACS'es still seem to be big polluters. And the range is insane. Do you really need that wide radar range?

[TonyWhite]

trump recently ( late last year) had two of these destroyed !