How this Weird $300 Million Plane Became US Air Force Most Feared Aircraft

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Жыл бұрын

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@lil----lil Жыл бұрын

The pilots take all the glory but let me tell you, without the maintenance crew, ain't NOTHING ever goes up in the air. PERIOD.

@aerohk Жыл бұрын

That’s a problem in the Air Force in general. If you want career advancement, get promoted to high ranking positions, etc, you got to be a pilot.

@ImARealHumanPerson Жыл бұрын

Nobody ever disputes this. So why even make the point?

@Notooshabyy Жыл бұрын

The most important people are the engineer’s who design and develop these incredible flying machines.

@mavejak5021 Жыл бұрын

To me the most impressive part of everything is how pretty the planes from the late 70s are from perfect maintenance

@OneOfMyriads Жыл бұрын

@@aerohk I disagree. Maintenance and other jobs promotes based on their career field which leads them into supervisory roles that then translate into higher and higher ranks. I agree that a chief will most likely never hold political roles like the chief master sergeant of the Air Force, but everyone has the chance to reach their respective ranks.

@WootTootZoot Жыл бұрын

AWACS aside, when I was in the USAF, there were airplanes that would come to the base I was on that had some of the craziest antenna configurations you could ever imagine. I once asked a Pilot, "Hey Sir, what is that airplane used for?" ....."Weather observations". was all he said.

@royalarmy1837 Жыл бұрын

"Weather". To determine "Rain" and "Hailstorms" of projectiles and missiles.

@efrainrodriguez9550 Жыл бұрын

He told him the wrong answer. Also there is more he didn’t tell him.

@jessevadney9458 Жыл бұрын

I was on the af 1966 thru 1070 had about the same experience I worked on kc135s

@philhand5830 Жыл бұрын

Need to know...first, last, and always!!!

@edwardjohannes360 Жыл бұрын

A Russian equivalent to AWAC just got damaged in Belarus by 2 drones. This leaves only 2 operational for the Russian airforce out of 9 that were originally built during the Soviet era.

@agnelodsa788 Жыл бұрын

Do what! What equipment supplied by western has been destroyed by Russia? One sided news!

@indevindev6858 Жыл бұрын

Russian still have A-100 to operate...

@dcentral Жыл бұрын

It was not damaged badly as was exaggerated in the media. The plane had no visible burns or damage in satellite photos. They flew this plane back to Russia. If the dome was damaged, it can be replaced faster. Electronics on board are more complex and harder to replace but there was no on board fire.

@edwardjohannes360 Жыл бұрын

@@dcentral Too bad. One could wish for the worst for the Russians.

@JrPlayzZelda Жыл бұрын

This is true

@KeenJT Жыл бұрын

Imagine having a conversation with this guy? You'd be there all afternoon just for a "how was your day?

@TheRealScooterGuy Жыл бұрын

I've always thought these looked like an airliner being harassed by a UFO.

@dmathmothtutinean8950 Жыл бұрын

This aircraft, I have seen its guts! It is not just an aircraft no, not even close! It is truly an expert system, by every definition! 0:38

@jamesoncurry5224 Жыл бұрын

other than the ESS.

@larryfisher8862 Жыл бұрын

Oh, no! At about 11:57, the moderator states that the aircraft can continue monitoring throughout the refueling process. The powerful radar is *not* powered anywhere near other aircraft, especially a tanker!

@thejourney1360 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is they have escorts most times while using radar

@renatoamaral8259 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! 👍👍👍

@christopherdacier870 Жыл бұрын

Salut 🙂 salut !!! C'est magnifique 🤗 toujours magnifique.... N'ap koutew depi an Haïti 🇭🇹🇭🇹 !!!

@LairdThompson-tx1qd 22 күн бұрын

Ahh the good old days. I flew in one as a radar tech (ART) from 80-83’.

@askhowiknow5527 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s neat that they didn’t re-engine it

@robertojofre15 Жыл бұрын

chile just got 3 units last year from the RAF, i was soo pumped to see them fly on last year´s military parade, great sight to see.

@MrJalyles Жыл бұрын

Thanks to all you hard working Crew Chiefs!! You get us high!!

@tawilsquiton9440 Жыл бұрын

,,The US fleet in the north sea...and facific 7th fleet is the great yeahhh.👍💕

@duaneronan8199 Жыл бұрын

The E3 should have been reengined decades ago, with the same engines that the KC135 was reengined decades ago.

@chezsnailez Жыл бұрын

Recall seeing something about Pratt & Whitney developing a more efficient version of their turbofan jet to compete with GE's high-bypass alternative...

@jeffboonie3903 Жыл бұрын

I think ground clearance is an issue for large TF engine

@jamram9924 Жыл бұрын

When we spoke to USAF E-3 aircrews, the USAF thought of using the same engines as the KC-135R. The most recent information is using Boeing's 737-800s, although smaller, but the upgrades in radar, antennas is vastly improved over the present E-3. The Aussies are flying that version of AWACS in their fleet.

@BradCollett Жыл бұрын

In April 2022 they announced they're replacing the E-3 with the E-7, entering service in 2027.

@Empriction Жыл бұрын

More like the most vulnerable plane US could get in the air.

@jamesoncurry5224 Жыл бұрын

i agree its really unecessary now. with the use of satellites... e3 is looking old.

@renatoamaral8259 Жыл бұрын

Great refueling operation.👍

@Lt_Tragg 3 ай бұрын

It’s the most challenging maneuver for E3 pilots to master.

@timly1165 Жыл бұрын

The Ear & Eye high in the sky. Smart aircraft!

@taboadacarlos Жыл бұрын

Smart aircraft for a Stupid , loser army ? !!!!!! MMMMMmmmmmMM

@jordiegundersen1465 Жыл бұрын

Wow..! What a responsibility 😮 (Amazing intelligence required) ❤

@jaeboogie2786 Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, intelligence way beyond mine I do believe lol. Its surely amazing.

@TheSoloist1Alone Жыл бұрын

Her and the Poseidon are my favorites 🙏🏾🇺🇸

@oumski6893 Жыл бұрын

راءع تحياتي الخالصة من الجزائر hello from hamou fahem Algeria

@willb1157 Жыл бұрын

3:44 a 208ltr drum of that oil - Turbonycoil - is $5,177.56 exclusive. I just looked it up. not cheap.

@zx300ttt Жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the oil? Why so expensive

@garvinshands2135 Жыл бұрын

The kc135 is good but the KC10 is better.

@kunstdeskrieges3308 Жыл бұрын

Dies ist eine neue Entwicklung in der Flugzeugabwehr.

@alfincassimirorodrigues3787 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING !

@Simone-YT 8 ай бұрын

The true workhorse of the air force

@user-bc6xg5bg3j Ай бұрын

Not only air force also coordinating land formations meanwhile monitoring enemy movement

@GlamorousTitanic21 Жыл бұрын

I drew my own version of an AWACS, but for space combat.

@user-nx8tk1pp5o Жыл бұрын

Ever hear of the OC-135 called "Open Skies"?

@Caleb-qi5ev Жыл бұрын

Ever heard of the E6B

@stangarcia Жыл бұрын

Top

@finenn2038 Жыл бұрын

NIT the BEST

@_Breakdown 10 ай бұрын

12:33 - - *Aircraft carriers rely on the Northrop Grumman E2 HAWKEYE as their airborne early warning system (AEW).* 12:51 - - *Like the E3 - the HAWKEYE also boasts a large radar dome that allows it to provide valuable info about ships, aircraft + weather within the vicinity of an operation. It can even detect anti-ship missile attacks (with enough time to allow for emergency counter measures to be deployed.)*

@coreyc47 Жыл бұрын

I worked & flew many hours on AWACS Stationed in Iceland.

@VALTEMIR1000 Жыл бұрын

O Embraer 145 da FAB faz o mesmo que esse , a diferença é que o tanque de combustível desse avião faz ele voar por mais quilômetros .

@CarlosMorales-on1hq Жыл бұрын

my hat down to all these brothers and sister!! god bless you and your families and Jesus love you just please love him back!!!

@ebell9873 Жыл бұрын

It shakes the ground when it land 🥺😬 like a bump sound

@TheFaridrep Жыл бұрын

6:28 guy has coolest razer gaming headset ever, it makes wondering what else awac team have from razer

@noahway13 Жыл бұрын

Does this plane have defensive measures such as chaff, flares, etc?

@jamesoncurry5224 Жыл бұрын

No.

@rgpmtori Жыл бұрын

It's so large and has more limited maneuverability than most other planes on the battlefield I would be surprised if modern missiles would be tricked by flares and chaff when the target is so large. But I am sure the Air Force would have tested this

@mattahmann Жыл бұрын

It's called a fighter escort.

@mikes7446 Жыл бұрын

Nope they all die when it gets shot down

@noahway13 Жыл бұрын

Does it have escape hatches, ejection seats ? I know the B52 does.

@amit7257 Жыл бұрын

That's 7 minutes I'll never get back 😢

@user-cf8qv9ew4w 5 ай бұрын

AWACS has been around since 1954 with the EC-121 AEW&C being the first, not this plane. This one is a marvelous upgrade, but not the first. I was a an EC-121 crew member of the 552nd AEW&C Wing 1958 thru 1962. Navy version was the WV-2

@finenn2038 Жыл бұрын

Stars of the dead is in the space out of the world

@jayhope615 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if that thing provides lift..

@bredsheeran2897 Жыл бұрын

11:56 how is plane flying rn there are no engines spinning

@eroildo.3374 Жыл бұрын

USA SIEMPRE ES EL MEJOR NUESTROS. ENEMIGOS DICEN. MUCHAS BOBAS. PORQUE SIENTEN ENVIDIA CELOS NUNCA PODRÁN IGUALAR A USA.. 🇱🇷💯🤷🇲🇾💯💯💯💯🤷

@sjones8738 Жыл бұрын

The US Air Force need to need to upgrade this aircraft. It is well maintain but really old. The 747-8 is the only four engine aircraft built by Boeing that can replace the 707.

@jamesoncurry5224 Жыл бұрын

they love the 1500.00 toilet seats, this contract is printing $ for the defense contractors.

@denoakamoneyman4018 Жыл бұрын

Wich one is better the E-7 wedgtail or the E-3

@OlekRahmel Жыл бұрын

4:37 On map: POLAND 👍

@christopherstrong880 Жыл бұрын

Time built some new ones I think!!

@alfredjr2k556 Жыл бұрын

AWACS.

@weeraphanjunsangtong6791 Жыл бұрын

Because of high maintenance of 747 it better to change to use the 777 .

@kingofjamrock Жыл бұрын

So why do we have satellites?

@JPK1337 Жыл бұрын

satellites don't have radar

@kingofjamrock Жыл бұрын

@@JPK1337 That didn't answer the question.

@JPK1337 Жыл бұрын

@@kingofjamrock this thing flies around and tracks enemy aircraft hundreds of miles away in real time. it "lights" them up for your own fighter jets to recognize them with passive radars without giving up their own location , or for air to air missiles with passive radars to find their targets. satellites serve a very different purpose (reconnaissance and navigation or espionage mostly)

@mrplease66 Жыл бұрын

watch at x 1.25

@finenn2038 Жыл бұрын

Dangerous mabie atack star wars Madrid to world

@user-mk7lf4kr5v Жыл бұрын

الله اكبر لا اله الا الله

@richardthompson3612 Жыл бұрын

Henry Duncan

@1dabreadboy Жыл бұрын

My uncle worked on this airplane noice

@jenuilmajulus5586 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@mazspeed0349 Жыл бұрын

Its invincible coz its got a bloody ufo attached to it...force field equipt

@Jobayer.AlHasan 5 ай бұрын

They knew where the MH370 is.

@Phil-D83 Жыл бұрын

S500 seems to be designed to hit these things at range

@youtubeaccount2257 Жыл бұрын

Imagine that no rough play only taking care of business sometimes necessary to discipline a child.!!!

@307592054 Жыл бұрын

为啥老是没有中文字幕？

@R.R.1979 Жыл бұрын

Hi Chilean 🇨🇱 Air Force (FACH) have 2 AWACS SENTRY 3D BUY to UK Royal Air Force (RAF) 🇬🇧

@ondra307 Жыл бұрын

Why do you always photoshop the preview image? You don't need to do this.

@larryfisher8862 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The preview image shows a ridiculously tall radome. In reality, it’s 6 feet tall.

@neam4138 Жыл бұрын

You didnt need to enlarge the radar dish

@jean-michelbendaci2564 11 ай бұрын

AWACS

@coreyc47 Жыл бұрын

We used to tell the girls in Iceland we were pilots of the radar dome. That we sat inside the dome & could launch from the aircraft & is what people mistake as a UFO. Lol a great pickup line! 😂 🤣 😁

@911Privacy Жыл бұрын

Saudi military own 5 of these aircraft

@bobgreene2892 Жыл бұрын

1 Are the four engines of the E3 the original version? 2. A 250-mile signal sweep range is no longer sufficient for early warning.. 3. What is cruising altitude? These questions should have been addressed by your narrative.

@jamesoncurry5224 Жыл бұрын

the engines are original. 2- thats classified (they wouldn't know the range), 3- cruising? normally around 30k.

@bobgreene2892 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesoncurry5224 Thanks!

@longhaulblue Жыл бұрын

Who protects the AWACS? Isn't it vulnerable to surface to air missiles? What does it have to protect itself?

@nekochan4683 Жыл бұрын

Sentry inbound

@steveshoemaker6347 Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸👍

@mogen8185 Жыл бұрын

Why is military secrets being advertised

@mikes7446 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@drivingsimulation23 Жыл бұрын

Time to retire that plane it’s to old

@yhyasaed Жыл бұрын

🇸🇦💚🇸🇦💚💪💪💪

@user-kd3pq3jt9v Жыл бұрын

The smell of prey

@karaasoramjatetlau9507 Жыл бұрын

Most feared Aircraft was destroyed by a Small Drones in Belarus🤣🤣🤣

@potox Жыл бұрын

First

@user-nl3nf2jr8n Жыл бұрын

чистотеоретически такую антенну ну это вращающееся можно скрыть и внутри корпуса какого нибудь боинга 747 только корпус надо сделать радиопрозрачным из композитных материалов это дороговато конечно но на нуждах обороны экономить нельзя первое что пришло в голову.)

@sofabiru6852 3 ай бұрын

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@ArunSingh-jj7oj 6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤😅😅* Cow #❤❤😅😅

@forestpassineau Жыл бұрын

Speed up the talk. So slow. Content would have been interesting but way to dragged lit and be labored! Time wasted.

@Error-0x0194 Жыл бұрын

That antenna would be more effective if the plane was designed so after it took off it would fly upside down.

@SpaNT650 Жыл бұрын

The E-3 is dated and waiting on a replacement.

@robertomelchor9795 Жыл бұрын

Pues hay un avion mucho mejor que esa chatarra y es ruso mucho más moderno y mejores y más potentes radares cómo siempre .lo mejor es ruso .le guste a quien le guste .no himporta

@carlosruizruiz9168 Жыл бұрын

Que me cuenta el túcayo , si Rusia no puede con ucraniana que no tiene armaments sofisticado, y me sales hablando de Rusia , Rusia es fuerte por una sola razón las armas nucleares de ahí ni pío brother , lo que tú no sabes es que Rusia no puede atacar con armas nucleares a usa por que Rusia desaparece del mundo Haci como tú y yo , has de saber que si Rusia lanza un misil nuclear a usa. Rusia está Muerta Haci ni china ni corea del norte o tu qué piensan 50 años atrasados en el tiempo estás loco brother , el Imperio que domina el mundo hoy por hoy es usa Haci no te guste . Y eso tenlo por seguro , hoy por hoy usa es el que manda Haci hables bien de Rusia o China o quien sea . Usa tiene Tiene la suficiente capacidad para un ataque global , global en 60 minutos , God bless America

@qwertyuhi8221 Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t theirs just shot down, leaving 2 out of the 9 the Soviet Union had