US Navy buys RAF E-3D Sentry as a trainer for E-6B Mercury fleet – The Aviation Geek Club

The retired RAF E-3D will help reduce an estimated 600 flight hours and 2,400 landings/cycles per year from the E-6 mission aircraft. The Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) purchased a retired Royal Air Force (RAF) E-3D for $15 million that will be used as an E-6B Mercury pilot training aircraft. According …

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