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Arriving At Davis-Monthan AFB for its Last Flight Morning Retirement Arrival to 309th AMARG. Tinker Air Force Base 552nd Air Control Wing SNTRY01 Boeing E-3B Sentry (Airborne Warning and Control System) or AWACS 75-0560/MSN 21250/916

552nd ACW Bids Farewell to First AWACS

The right side nose landing gear door of E-3 Sentry #75-0560 bears the names of current and former 552nd Air Control Wing members after a divestment signing event at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 31, 2023. This E-3 Sentry is the first aircraft to be divested. -USAF

 

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Aircraft 0560 is the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning Air Control System aircraft to retire from the fleet this year. As part of the FY23 President’s Budget Request, the Department of the Air Force announced its intent to divest 13 E-3 AWACS aircraft and redirect funding to procure and field a replacement.

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