| Specifications |
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| Primary Function | Airborne surveillance, command, control and communications
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| Contractors | Prime: Boeing Aerospace Co.
Radar: Northrop Grumman
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| Power Plant | Four Pratt and Whitney TF33-PW-100A turbofan engines
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| Thrust | 21,000 pounds each engine
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| Length | 145 feet, 6 inches (44 meters)
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| Wingspan | 130 feet, 10 inches (39.7 meters)
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| Height | 41 feet, 4 inches (12.5 meters)
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| Rotodome | 30 feet in diameter (9.1 meters), 6 feet thick (1.8 meters), mounted 11 feet (3.33 meters) above fuselage
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| Speed | Optimum cruise 360 mph (Mach 0.48)
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| Ceiling | Above 29,000 feet (8,788 meters)
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| Maximum Takeoff Weight | 347,000 pounds (156,150 kilograms)
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| Endurance | More than 8 hours (unrefueled)
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| Unit Cost | Approximately $270 million
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| Crew | Flight crew of four plus mission crew of 13-19 specialists (mission crew size varies according to mission)
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| Date Deployed | March 1977
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| Inventory | Active force, 33; Reserve, 0; Guard, 0
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| Losses |
An E-3 crashed 22 Sep 1995 in Alaska, reducing the US fleet by one.
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