Merican Built Boeing E-3A AEW1 Sentry. GAV 4020-382.
The basic E-3 aircraft is a militarized version of the Boeing 707-320B commercial jetliner airframe. It is distinguished by the addition of a large, rotating rotodome containing its radar antenna and identification friend-or-foe (IFF) and data-link fighter-control (TADIL-C) antennas. Its mission system includes surveillance radar, navigation, communications, data processing, identification and display equipment. The heart of the information processing network is an airborne version of the IBM command and control multiprocessing computer. and NATO E-3s are powered by four TF-33, 21,000-pound-thrust jet engines. E-3s for Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and France are powered by four, higher-performance CFM-56 engines. The new engines allow operation at higher altitudes, extending the horizon for radar surveillance.
Size: 5332px × 3608px
Location: RAF Fairford, England. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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