The third E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft to be retired from the United States Air Force departed Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City Monday morning.
Tail Number 75-0557 takes with it a rich history. On March 31, 1977, the aircraft was the first E-3 Sentry AWACS to depart Tinker Air Force Base for a training mission. According to the 1977 flight order, 26 Airmen and two Boeing employees were on board at takeoff.
| Date Taken: | 05.22.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.22.2023 17:26 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 884135 |
| VIRIN: | 230522-F-SN568-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_109652610 |
| Length: | 00:01:27 |
| Location: | TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA, US |
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