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Utilizing a 1960's Boeing 707 airframe, describing the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft as being a slightly modified variant would be a gross understatement. At an individual cost of about $270 million, the Sentry consists of a flight crew of four plus a mission crew of 13-19 specialists depending on the mission. As an Airborne surveillance, command, control and communications aircraft, the E-3 can scan from the Earth's surface up into the stratosphere, over land or water for both friendly and enemy forces.

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Red Flag 2006 - 06-01 - Nellis AFB, Nevada
Utilizing a 1960's Boeing 707 airframe, describing the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft as being a slightly modified variant would be a gross understatement. At an individual cost of about $270 million, the Sentry consists of a flight crew of four plus a mission crew of 13-19 specialists depending on the mission. As an Airborne surveillance, command, control and communications aircraft, the E-3 can scan from the Earth's surface up into the stratosphere, over land or water for both friendly and enemy forces.