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E-3B "Sentry"
552nd ACCW - King Khalid Int Apt, Saudi Arabia and Incirlik, Turkey

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73-1675 3 iraqi flags under cabin
helped during shot downs		Photo 1
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76-1605 1 iraqi flag under cabin
helped during shot downs		Photo 1
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77-0354 *, 4 iraqi flags under cabin
helped during shot downs		Photo 1
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79-0001Lil Okie Photo 1 Photo 2
* NOTE: This aircraft was used on the first day of the Desert Storm air war, with its crew controlling the intercept and shootdown of four Iraqi fighter aircraft in far western Iraq.

E-3C "Sentry"
552nd ACCW - King Khalid Int Apt, Saudi Arabia and Incirlik, Turkey

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82-0006 3 iraqi flags under cabin
helped during shot downs		Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
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83-0008 4 iraqi flags under cabin
helped during shot downs
(3x MiG-29, 1x Mirage F1)		Photo 1

The 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing E-3s began flying in support of the war with Iraq -- Operation DESERT STORM.
The 552 AWACW flew a total of 7,314.7 combat hours during DESERT STORM, with a combined 91.36 percent mission capable rate.
They controlled a total of 31,924 strike sorties, which dropped a total of 88,500 tons of munitions, without losing a single Allied aircraft in air-to-air action.
In addition, E-3s controlled 20,401 aerial refueling sorties. The aerial tankers off loaded a total of 178.4 million gallons of fuel to 60,543 receivers.
Furthermore, the 552 AWACW also assisted in 39 of 41 Allied air-to-air shoot downs during DESERT STORM.
17 Jan 1991 -- The E-3s began flying in Operation PROVEN FORCE and continued throughout the war. They controlled 4,401 sorties equating to 14,117.8 flying hours.
While flying 490.4 hours, the E-3s assisted in five air-to-air kills and the delivery of 6.6 million pounds of ordnance.

For modellers:
Beginning in 1986 all "Rivet Joint" airplanes were equipped with the "Ten High" modification, undertaken as part of the "Have Siren" program.
This is part of an infrared suppression system designed to defeat heat seeking missiles. This system is mounted in a cylindrical fairing located on the trailing edge of each engine strut - Pic