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USAF’s First E-7 Wedgetail Takes Shape as Service Struggles to Keep E-3 Sentry Flying
The E-3 Sentry is afflicted by acute parts and maintenance issues as the Boeing 707 aircraft it is based on ceased production ...
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America Just Can’t Get Rid of Its Ancient E-3 AWACS Planes
The E-3 Sentry is far past its sell-by date—but ... E-3 and the civilian airliner from which the E-3 was derived, the Boeing 707. The 707, of course, debuted in the 1950s, right around the ...
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America Just Can’t Get Rid of Its Ancient E-3 AWACS Planes
The E-3 is one of the most instantly recognizable aircraft in the world. With a distinctive, spinning radome atop its fuselage, the E-3 is impossible to miss. The radome is the crux of the ...