Since the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force (USAF) and the air forces of other friendly nations have relied on the Boeing E-3 Sentry to be their eyes in the sky. Derived from the Boeing 707 passenger jet, the Boeing E-3 Sentry was designed to be an Airborne Warning and Control System (AEW&C) aircraft. Easily recognizable thanks to its distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage, the plane was getting a little old in the teeth and needed a replacement.
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