USAF's E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, the greatest force multiplier in military history, is the nervous system of US airpower. With its distinctive, pancake-shaped radar dome, the Boeing-built aircraft projects power without provocation, as it is unarmed. It manages the air battle, providing broad air surveillance to track airborne friend and foe and communications systems to direct air defense and precision air attack. Because of its success, the E-3 is often imitated but never equaled.
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