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=='''AWACS'''==
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;Airborne Warning and Control System
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:The Boeing E-3 Sentry, commonly known as AWACS, is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force (USAF), NATO, Royal Air Force (RAF), French Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force. The E-3 is distinguished by the distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built.
  
'''Bandsaw''':964th Airborne Air Control Squ.,Tinker AFB
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;See Also
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:[[Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma County (OK)]]
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:[[North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)]]
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:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry Boeing E-3 Sentry] at Wikipedia.org
  
'''Chalice''': 963rd AACS,Tinker AFB
 
  
'''Darkstar''': 965th AACS,Tinker AFB
 
  
'''Dragnet''': 966th AACS,Tinker AFB
 
  
'''Thumper''': 970th AACS,Tinker AFB (USAFR)
 
  
'''Goliath''': unknown
 
  
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*311.000  STRATCOM primary
 
*321.000  STRATCOM secondary
 
*341.750  AWAC Time Of Day
 
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*141.650 
 
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'''HF Freqs'''
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*9018 USB
 
*9022 USB (common)
 
*10194 (discrete)
 
*10202 (discrete)
 
*11175 USB (HF GCCS station)
 
*11241 (common)
 
*11232 (CANFORCE freq, used by AWACS)
 
*13206 USB
 
*14634 USB
 
*18027 USB
 
 
 
=='''NORAD'''==
 
 
 
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*252.000 
 
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*271.000
 
 
 
 
 
=='''Steelgate'''==
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 21 January 2016

Airborne Warning and Control System
The Boeing E-3 Sentry, commonly known as AWACS, is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force (USAF), NATO, Royal Air Force (RAF), French Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force. The E-3 is distinguished by the distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage. Production ended in 1992 after 68 aircraft had been built.
See Also
Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma County (OK)
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Boeing E-3 Sentry at Wikipedia.org




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