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E-3 Sentry

Airborne warning and control aircraft providing surveillance, tracking and battle management.

by Boeing

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A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry leaving contrails above snowy Arctic mountains

Photo: Airman 1st Class Aaron Guerrisky via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Air Force) · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop.

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    OtherInside the Air Force's Flying Control Tower | E-3 Sentry

    Sam Eckholm · Apr 30, 2022 · Supports: System · name

    “E-3 Sentry”
  2. 2.
    Government recordE-3 Sentry (AWACS) > Air Force > Fact Sheet Display

    Supports: System

    “The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, aircraft”

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