6228 x 3918 px | 52,7 x 33,2 cm | 20,8 x 13,1 inches | 300dpi
Lieu:
RAF Fairford, England. United Kingdom.
Informations supplémentaires:
The basic E-3 aircraft is a militarized version of the Boeing 707-320B commercial jetliner airframe. It is distinguished by the addition of a large, rotating rotodome containing its radar antenna and identification friend-or-foe (IFF) and data-link fighter-control (TADIL-C) antennas. Its mission system includes surveillance radar, navigation, communications, data processing, identification and display equipment. The heart of the information processing network is an airborne version of the IBM command and control multiprocessing computer. U.S. and NATO E-3s are powered by four TF-33, 21, 000-pound-thrust jet engines. E-3s for Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and France are powered by four, higher-performance CFM-56 engines. The new engines allow operation at higher altitudes, extending the horizon for radar surveillance.
