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SSG Robert Mark Odom Earned it's retirement...
"After thirty years of service, the E-3D Sentry, AKA The Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS), has flown its final operational flight before returning home on 4th August to RAF Waddington.
The aircraft flew its final operational mission on the 30th July over Iraq as part of the counter-Daesh Operation SHADER.
The Sentry is set to retire this year and will be replaced in 2023 by a fleet of three Boeing E-7 Wedgetails, which will operate from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland.
During the period between retirement and the Wedgetail becoming operational, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) will be covered by a combination of other aircraft and E-3s from our NATO partners.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
Three Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft will replace the E-3D Sentry aircraft which is set to retire later this year.
The Sentry aircraft can be easily picked out of a crowd with their distinctive radar domes mounted on top, and have been keeping watch from high in the sky and keeping the Alliance safe and secure for over 30 years.
They first began service in 1991 and have contributed to many operations in many countries around the world, including:
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
the broader Middle East
the Caribbean"...
"After thirty years of service, the E-3D Sentry, AKA The Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS), has flown its final operational flight before returning home on 4th August to RAF Waddington.
The aircraft flew its final operational mission on the 30th July over Iraq as part of the counter-Daesh Operation SHADER.
The Sentry is set to retire this year and will be replaced in 2023 by a fleet of three Boeing E-7 Wedgetails, which will operate from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland.
During the period between retirement and the Wedgetail becoming operational, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) will be covered by a combination of other aircraft and E-3s from our NATO partners.
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
Three Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft will replace the E-3D Sentry aircraft which is set to retire later this year.
The Sentry aircraft can be easily picked out of a crowd with their distinctive radar domes mounted on top, and have been keeping watch from high in the sky and keeping the Alliance safe and secure for over 30 years.
They first began service in 1991 and have contributed to many operations in many countries around the world, including:
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
the broader Middle East
the Caribbean"...
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