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

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024

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  • @lil----lil
    @lil----lil Рік тому +73

    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
      @aerohk Рік тому +3

      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
      @ImARealHumanPerson Рік тому +10

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

    • @Notooshabyy
      @Notooshabyy Рік тому +3

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

    • @mavejak5021
      @mavejak5021 Рік тому

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

    • @OneOfMyriads
      @OneOfMyriads Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @edwardjohannes360
    @edwardjohannes360 Рік тому +77

    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
      @agnelodsa788 Рік тому

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

    • @indevindev6858
      @indevindev6858 Рік тому

      Russian still have A-100 to operate...

    • @dcentral
      @dcentral Рік тому +2

      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
      @edwardjohannes360 Рік тому +5

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

    • @Chief123-p3r
      @Chief123-p3r Рік тому

      This is true

  • @WootTootZoot
    @WootTootZoot Рік тому +59

    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
      @royalarmy1837 Рік тому +10

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

    • @efrainrodriguez9550
      @efrainrodriguez9550 Рік тому +1

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

    • @jessevadney9458
      @jessevadney9458 Рік тому

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

    • @philhand5830
      @philhand5830 Рік тому

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

  • @dmathmothtutinean8950
    @dmathmothtutinean8950 Рік тому +17

    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

  • @larryfisher8862
    @larryfisher8862 Рік тому +18

    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
      @thejourney1360 Рік тому +2

      Yes it is they have escorts most times while using radar

  • @KeenJT
    @KeenJT Рік тому +2

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

  • @TheRealScooterGuy
    @TheRealScooterGuy Рік тому +3

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

  • @renatoamaral8259
    @renatoamaral8259 Рік тому +5

    Excellent video! 👍👍👍

  • @Empriction
    @Empriction Рік тому +5

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

    • @jamesoncurry5224
      @jamesoncurry5224 Рік тому

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

  • @robertojofre15
    @robertojofre15 Рік тому +14

    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.

  • @_Breakdown
    @_Breakdown Рік тому

    0:41 - - *Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS)*
    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.)*

  • @Simone-YT
    @Simone-YT Рік тому +1

    The true workhorse of the air force

    • @tux.tvvixIE
      @tux.tvvixIE 6 місяців тому

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

  • @MrJalyles
    @MrJalyles Рік тому

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

  • @christopherdacier870
    @christopherdacier870 Рік тому +5

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

  • @askhowiknow5527
    @askhowiknow5527 Рік тому +4

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

  • @duaneronan8199
    @duaneronan8199 Рік тому +16

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

    • @chezsnailez
      @chezsnailez Рік тому +1

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

    • @jeffboonie3903
      @jeffboonie3903 Рік тому

      I think ground clearance is an issue for large TF engine

    • @jamram9924
      @jamram9924 Рік тому

      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
      @BradCollett Рік тому +1

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

  • @tawilsquiton9440
    @tawilsquiton9440 Рік тому +3

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

  • @bredsheeran2897
    @bredsheeran2897 Рік тому +1

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

  • @garvinshands2135
    @garvinshands2135 Рік тому +4

    The kc135 is good but the KC10 is better.

  • @timly1165
    @timly1165 Рік тому +7

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

    • @taboadacarlos
      @taboadacarlos Рік тому

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

  • @kunstdeskrieges3308
    @kunstdeskrieges3308 Рік тому +2

    Dies ist eine neue Entwicklung in der Flugzeugabwehr.

  • @TheSoloist1Alone
    @TheSoloist1Alone Рік тому +1

    Her and the Poseidon are my favorites 🙏🏾🇺🇸

  • @steventwiddy3402
    @steventwiddy3402 5 місяців тому

    I love you guys videos they are very cool and informative

  • @dja1353
    @dja1353 3 місяці тому

    My favourite Lead Engineer at Boeing had had some responsibility for seeing that the ‘slip rings’ worked properly. The mechanism that transfers signals and power to and from the rotating part and the non rotating part is the slip rings. In his earlier life he was raised on a ranch in Montana, so I got to learn how a real cowboy talks.

  • @willb1157
    @willb1157 Рік тому +3

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

    • @zx300ttt
      @zx300ttt Рік тому

      Are you talking about the oil? Why so expensive

  • @renatoamaral8259
    @renatoamaral8259 Рік тому +4

    Great refueling operation.👍

    • @Lt_Tragg
      @Lt_Tragg 9 місяців тому

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

  • @LairdThompson-tx1qd
    @LairdThompson-tx1qd 6 місяців тому

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

  • @CarlosMorales-on1hq
    @CarlosMorales-on1hq Рік тому

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

  • @oumski6893
    @oumski6893 Рік тому +1

    راءع تحياتي الخالصة من الجزائر hello from hamou fahem Algeria

  • @stangarcia
    @stangarcia Рік тому +2

    Top

  • @finenn2038
    @finenn2038 Рік тому +1

    NIT the BEST

  • @sjones8738
    @sjones8738 Рік тому +4

    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
      @jamesoncurry5224 Рік тому

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

  • @eroildo.3374
    @eroildo.3374 Рік тому +2

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

  • @alfincassimirorodrigues3787

    AMAZING !

  • @jordiegundersen1465
    @jordiegundersen1465 Рік тому +4

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

    • @jaeboogie2786
      @jaeboogie2786 Рік тому

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

  • @user-nx8tk1pp5o
    @user-nx8tk1pp5o Рік тому +3

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

  • @user-cf8qv9ew4w
    @user-cf8qv9ew4w 10 місяців тому

    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

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic21 Рік тому +1

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

  • @finenn2038
    @finenn2038 Рік тому +2

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

  • @VALTEMIR1000
    @VALTEMIR1000 Рік тому +2

    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 .

  • @OlekRahmel
    @OlekRahmel Рік тому +1

    4:37
    On map: POLAND 👍

  • @TheFaridrep
    @TheFaridrep Рік тому

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

  • @amit7257
    @amit7257 Рік тому

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

  • @mrplease66
    @mrplease66 Рік тому +2

    watch at x 1.25

  • @ebell9873
    @ebell9873 Рік тому +2

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

  • @noahway13
    @noahway13 Рік тому +4

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

    • @jamesoncurry5224
      @jamesoncurry5224 Рік тому

      No.

    • @rgpmtori
      @rgpmtori Рік тому

      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
      @mattahmann Рік тому

      It's called a fighter escort.

    • @mikes7446
      @mikes7446 Рік тому

      Nope they all die when it gets shot down

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 Рік тому

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

  • @coreyc47
    @coreyc47 Рік тому

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

  • @lonestarintn9137
    @lonestarintn9137 4 місяці тому

    Maintenance Nightmare. What was it tail# 1497 still had passenger windows in it. My favorite tail# 0008 pronounced “Balls 8”. Heard it burned up in Nellis on Redflag. Don’t forget to pop aft lower door in case of SF6 leak.

  • @alfredjr2k556
    @alfredjr2k556 Рік тому +1

    AWACS.

  • @فوازالدوسري-ع2ك

    الله اكبر
    لا اله الا الله

  • @weeraphanjunsangtong6791
    @weeraphanjunsangtong6791 Рік тому

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

  • @kingofjamrock
    @kingofjamrock Рік тому +4

    So why do we have satellites?

    • @JPK1337
      @JPK1337 Рік тому

      satellites don't have radar

    • @kingofjamrock
      @kingofjamrock Рік тому

      @@JPK1337 That didn't answer the question.

    • @JPK1337
      @JPK1337 Рік тому

      @@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)

  • @jayhope615
    @jayhope615 Рік тому

    I wonder if that thing provides lift..

  • @ondra307
    @ondra307 Рік тому +2

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

    • @larryfisher8862
      @larryfisher8862 Рік тому +1

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

  • @denoakamoneyman4018
    @denoakamoneyman4018 Рік тому

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

  • @forestpassineau
    @forestpassineau Рік тому +1

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

  • @307592054
    @307592054 Рік тому

    为啥老是没有中文字幕?

  • @bobgreene2892
    @bobgreene2892 Рік тому +2

    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
      @jamesoncurry5224 Рік тому

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

    • @bobgreene2892
      @bobgreene2892 Рік тому

      @@jamesoncurry5224 Thanks!

  • @Jobayer.AlHasan
    @Jobayer.AlHasan 10 місяців тому

    They knew where the MH370 is.

  • @Phil-D83
    @Phil-D83 Рік тому +2

    S500 seems to be designed to hit these things at range

  • @christopherstrong880
    @christopherstrong880 Рік тому

    Time built some new ones I think!!

  • @finenn2038
    @finenn2038 Рік тому +1

    Dangerous mabie atack star wars Madrid to world

  • @neam4138
    @neam4138 Рік тому

    You didnt need to enlarge the radar dish

  • @mazspeed0349
    @mazspeed0349 Рік тому

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

  • @youtubeaccount2257
    @youtubeaccount2257 Рік тому

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

  • @potox
    @potox Рік тому +4

    First

  • @1dabreadboy
    @1dabreadboy Рік тому

    My uncle worked on this airplane noice

  • @R.R.Defensa
    @R.R.Defensa Рік тому

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

  • @jean-michelbendaci2564
    @jean-michelbendaci2564 Рік тому

    AWACS

  • @jenuilmajulus5586
    @jenuilmajulus5586 Рік тому

    👍👍👍

  • @drivingsimulation23
    @drivingsimulation23 Рік тому

    Time to retire that plane it’s to old

  • @coreyc47
    @coreyc47 Рік тому

    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! 😂 🤣 😁

  • @mogen8185
    @mogen8185 Рік тому

    Why is military secrets being advertised

  • @911Privacy
    @911Privacy Рік тому

    Saudi military own 5 of these aircraft

  • @彭小华-j7l
    @彭小华-j7l Рік тому

    The smell of prey

  • @karaasoramjatetlau9507
    @karaasoramjatetlau9507 Рік тому

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

  • @longhaulblue
    @longhaulblue Рік тому

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

  • @nekochan4683
    @nekochan4683 Рік тому

    Sentry inbound

  • @yhyasaed
    @yhyasaed Рік тому +1

    🇸🇦💚🇸🇦💚💪💪💪

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 Рік тому +2

    🇺🇸👍

  • @СержНос-щ2л
    @СержНос-щ2л Рік тому

    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.)

  • @ArunSingh-jj7oj
    @ArunSingh-jj7oj Рік тому

    ❤❤❤😅😅* Cow #❤❤😅😅

  • @SpaNT650
    @SpaNT650 Рік тому

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

  • @sofabiru6852
    @sofabiru6852 9 місяців тому

    @🙄

  • @robertomelchor9795
    @robertomelchor9795 Рік тому +1

    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
      @carlosruizruiz9168 Рік тому

      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
      @qwertyuhi8221 Рік тому +1

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

  • @김원길-m1t
    @김원길-m1t Рік тому +1

    이런비행기가 있는데도 우크라에서 미국이 패망하냐 쓰레기 아니면 허상이다!