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Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« on: June 14, 2009, 01:10:47 PM »
Four Birds from the NATO base in Geilenkirchen near Aachen will be ordered to Afghanistan to control supply traffic and air security.
From the 250 crew members about 100 will be germans. More security for our Tornados as well....
This Mission will cost about 100 Mio Euro (Germany pays about 16% of that)





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Re: Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 03:14:16 PM »
Germans within AWACS crew?

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Re: Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 07:47:52 PM »
yes sure...but it is a NATO unit not Luftwaffe....but since German crew is involved it had to be voted in the German Parliament if this mission will come into effect.
« Last Edit: June 14, 2009, 07:49:28 PM by Wingman81 »

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Re: Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2009, 01:20:22 PM »
Seven E-3Ds are in service with the RAF and these have wingtip pods containing passive sensors. The normal crew complement of 18 comprises four flight-deck crew, three technicians and an 11-man mission crew. The mission crew comprises a tactical director (mission crew commander), a fighter allocator, three weapons controllers, a surveillance controller, two surveillance operators, a data-link manager, a communications operator and an electronic-support- measures operator. The Sentry’s roles include air and sea surveillance, airborne command and control, weapons control and it can also operate as an extensive communications platform.

The aircraft cruises at 30,000ft and 400kts and its Northrop Grumman AN/APY-2 high-performance, multimode lookdown radar, housed in the black radome, is able to separate airborne and maritime targets from ground and sea clutter. One E-3D flying at 30,000ft can scan at distances of over 300nmls; it can detect low-flying targets or maritime surface contacts within 215nmls and it can detect medium-level airborne targets at ranges in excess of 280nmls. The multi-mode radar provides lookdown surveillance to the radar horizon and an electronic vertical scan of the radar beam provides target elevation and beyond-the-horizon operation for long-range surveillance of medium and high-altitude aircraft.

These attributes allow it to determine the location, altitude, course and speed of large numbers of airborne targets. The aircraft’s mission systems can separate, manage and display targets individually on situation displays within the aircraft, or it can transmit the information to ground-based and ship-based units using a wide variety of digital data links.

Text - RAF Website
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Re: Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2009, 08:44:59 PM »
France has also some but they decided not to participate but to pay some money :)

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Re: Boeing E3-Sentry (AWAC)
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 03:55:13 PM »
Royal Saudi Air Force purchased five E-3A aircraft and the French Air Force purchased 4 E-3F aircraft similar to the British E-3D aircraft.

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