Half of Tinker’s E-3 airborne surveillance jets would be cut under Air Force budget proposal

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Half of Tinker’s E-3 airborne surveillance jets would be cut under Air Force budget proposal
By Rachel S. Cohen
 Mar 29, 09:54 AM
 
Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma could soon bid farewell to its E-3 Sentry airborne target tracking jets that have been a fixture there for 45 years.

Under the Air Force’s fiscal 2023 budget request, released Monday, the Airborne Warning and Control System would phase out over the next few years to make way for Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail as its likely replacement.

The E-3 AWACS is a modified 1970s-era airliner that uses a distinctive rotating radar dome to track air war movements up to 250 miles away and to direct planes in combat, such as telling fighter jets to intercept a hostile target. They have been active over Europe to monitor the region’s airspace during Russia’s ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/03/29/half-of-tinkers-e-3-airborne-surveillance-jets-would-be-cut-under-air-force-budget-proposal/

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Cut tanks, cut F-35s, cut E-3s, cut personnel, cut cruise missiles, cut Navy cruisers, and all the little things they aren't telling about.  But make sure gay rights and trannies are held in high esteem, CRT is still studied, insure preferred pronouns are used, make sure troops can wear long hair and earrings, continue the witch hunts of white, conservative members of the military, phase out Christianity, and call our enemies to let them know what is going on behind closed doors.  What a military we have!!!