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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:E-3B Sentry
    Last Military Serial:76-1606 USAF
    Construction Number:21436
    Compressed ID:Boeing E-3B sn 76-1606 USAF cn 2143...
    Latest Owner or Location:960th AACS, 552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an E-3A.

    12 September 1977

    First flight.

    22 June 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 76-1606.

    Converted to an E-3B.

    New construction number, 21436/926, assigned to the airframe.

    By 1999

    Transferred to 962nd AACS, 3rd Operations Group, Elmendorf AFB, AK.
    Operated with markings: AK

    12 October 1999


    Photographer: Tim Hunter

    By December 2004

    Transferred to 964th AACS, 552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: OK

    By June 2019

    Transferred to 960th AACS, 552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: OK
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