E-3A
usaf_e-3aAircraftUSAAEW
- Role
- AEW
- Size
- VeryLarge
- Max Speed
- 430 kn
- Ceiling
- 35000 ft
- Range Units
- Miles
Description
Known as the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), the E-3A is derived from the 707 passenger jet to fill a USAF requirement for an airborne early warning and control platform. With its large dorsal rotodome, the E-3A is iconic, and the term AWACS is commonly used to describe all aircraft that fulfill the same role.
Unit
- Type
- Aircraft
- Subtype
- VeryLarge
- Role
- AEW
- In service
- 1977–
Performance
- Wingspan
- 44 m
- Max G
- 4 g
- Climb rate
- 15 m/s
- Ceiling
- 35,000 ft
- Max speed (sea level)
- 430 kn
- Stall speed
- 110 kn
- Mach limit
- 0.8 M
- Empty mass
- 77,996 kg
- Max fuel
- 72,640 kg
- Engines
- 4
- Thrust (each)
- 93.5 kN
- Cruise
- Mach 0.54 · 5,000 miles
Signatures
- Visual ID range
- 9 nm
- RCS
- 200
- IR signature
- Medium