E-3 Sentry AWACS vs E-6 Mercury TACAMO
American airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft, principally used in NATO, UK, France, and Saudi Arabia since the Cold War. | |
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Origin country | 🇺🇸 United States |
Category | Military Special Mission Aircrafts |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
First flight | 9 February 1972 |
Year introduced | 1977 |
Number produced | 68 units |
Average unit price | $270 million |
American command-and-control aircraft, operative during the Cold War era, kept primarily for communications with U.S. nuclear forces. | |
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Origin country | 🇺🇸 United States |
Category | Military Special Mission Aircrafts |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
First flight | 19 February 1987 |
Year introduced | 1989 |
Number produced | 16 units |
Average unit price | $141 million |
Wing area | 283.0 m² |
Wingspan | 44.4 m ◉ |
Height | 12.6 m ◉ |
Length | 46.6 m ◉ |
Maximum speed | 853 km/h ◉ |
Operational range | 7,400 km ◉ |
Service ceiling | 10,668 m ◉ |
Max. takeoff weight | 147,417 kg ◉ |
Empty weight | 83,915 kg |
Total thrust | 4 x 9,752 kgf ◉ |
Wing area | -- m² |
Wingspan | 45.2 m ◉ |
Height | 12.9 m ◉ |
Length | 45.8 m ◉ |
Maximum speed | 966 km/h ◉ |
Operational range | 12,000 km ◉ |
Service ceiling | 12,192 m ◉ |
Max. takeoff weight | 155,128 kg ◉ |
Empty weight | -- kg |
Total thrust | 4 x 11,213 kgf ◉ |