The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a flying command-and-control center.
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@MissConstrue I was able to board an AWACS a number of years ago at an airshow.
It's an astonishing plane. There were only 16 of them still in service before this loss, average age is 45 years. US is not ready to transition to the next generation of spy planes, and won't be ready for a while.
Saw aerial photos of the base this morning. It's reported that at least 5 other aircraft were damaged during the strike, including tankers.@Barbramon1 It did indeed look like a direct hit on a number of important assets.
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@MissConstrue
E-3 $500 million
2x KC-135 $80 million
3x F-15 $280 million replacement cost
F-35 $100 million
damage to US bases $800 million
damage to USS Ford $??? millionThis incompetent admin couldn't do a better job of destroying this country if they tried.
@Lightfighter The entire Republican party is a front for Russian oligarchs.
If you had told 1980s me that in the future America would be brought to it's knees by Republicans sucking the knobs of the Soviets, I would have laughed you out of the room.
We are a disgrace to the propaganda we were taught at school.
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@Lightfighter The entire Republican party is a front for Russian oligarchs.
If you had told 1980s me that in the future America would be brought to it's knees by Republicans sucking the knobs of the Soviets, I would have laughed you out of the room.
We are a disgrace to the propaganda we were taught at school.
@MissConstrue Our home grown oligarchs seem to be on board with the program as well. Almost as if class was more indicative than nationally.
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a flying command-and-control center. It's a tactical spy plane, designed to give commanders a sweeping, real-time picture of everything on the battlefield.
They are rare, old, and very expensive. Iran blew one up, along with some air to air refueling planes, and injuring 10-14 soldiers, numbers vary upon report, but it's getting very little airplay in American media.
This yahoo link was the best nonpaywalled source I could find that also linked out to a ton of other sources.
Images Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike (Updated)
A loss of an E-3 is a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and points to other capability and defensive gaps.
Yahoo News (www.yahoo.com)
@MissConstrue I saw a picture posted on another site. There was no radome anywhere to be seen. Not the mounting fins, nor any other part of the apparatus.
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@MissConstrue I saw a picture posted on another site. There was no radome anywhere to be seen. Not the mounting fins, nor any other part of the apparatus.
@EndicottAuthor @MissConstrue I understand it’s from the 552nd air control wing out of Oklahoma
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@EndicottAuthor @MissConstrue I understand it’s from the 552nd air control wing out of Oklahoma
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@Darkphoenix @MissConstrue It's always possible.
The planes were parked in fairly close formation out in the open at a base that is within easy range of Iran's drones and ballistic missiles.
I am just an amateur aviation geek, but it seems like they were sitting ducks for a mass attack? -
@EndicottAuthor @MissConstrue I understand it’s from the 552nd air control wing out of Oklahoma
The aircraft, identified in open source reporting as belonging to the 552nd Air Control Wing, appears to have suffered severe damage concentrated around the rear fuselage, where the E-3’s radar dome and associated surveillance systems are housed. That section contains critical components of the aircraft’s AN/APY-2 radar, central to its airborne command and control role.
UK Defense Journal has a couple of different angles: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/us-e-3-awacs-reportedly-destroyed-in-iranian-strike/
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@Darkphoenix @MissConstrue It's always possible.
The planes were parked in fairly close formation out in the open at a base that is within easy range of Iran's drones and ballistic missiles.
I am just an amateur aviation geek, but it seems like they were sitting ducks for a mass attack?Yeah, it doesn't make sense, and I'm wondering if was a decoy? I dunno, it seems irresponsible if it was real assets.
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@Darkphoenix @MissConstrue It's always possible.
The planes were parked in fairly close formation out in the open at a base that is within easy range of Iran's drones and ballistic missiles.
I am just an amateur aviation geek, but it seems like they were sitting ducks for a mass attack?@Barbramon1 @Darkphoenix @MissConstrue This was just like the situation at Hickham Field on Dec. 7, 1941. Can you say "Pearl Harbor"? I knew you could!
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry is a flying command-and-control center. It's a tactical spy plane, designed to give commanders a sweeping, real-time picture of everything on the battlefield.
They are rare, old, and very expensive. Iran blew one up, along with some air to air refueling planes, and injuring 10-14 soldiers, numbers vary upon report, but it's getting very little airplay in American media.
This yahoo link was the best nonpaywalled source I could find that also linked out to a ton of other sources.
Images Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike (Updated)
A loss of an E-3 is a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and points to other capability and defensive gaps.
Yahoo News (www.yahoo.com)
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@Barbramon1 @Darkphoenix @MissConstrue This was just like the situation at Hickham Field on Dec. 7, 1941. Can you say "Pearl Harbor"? I knew you could!
@lhauser @Darkphoenix @MissConstrue I was thinking the same, only on a much smaller scale. Also, unlike at Pearl Harbor, the strike on the Saudi base came after we had already been at war for weeks and other regional bases had been hit. Seems that US could've known that the planes might be a target?
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@MissConstrue Our home grown oligarchs seem to be on board with the program as well. Almost as if class was more indicative than nationally.
@Lightfighter @MissConstrue Haven't you heard?..
He who retires with the most toys, wins.
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@Darkphoenix @lhauser @MissConstrue One would imagine that at least on a local level those in charge would have realized the threat and taken preventive action.
If our miltary is relying on Washington to make elementary security decisions for them they are cooked. -
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