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Iran destroys $300M US E-3 Sentry radar aircraft on Saudi base
Iran's strike damaged multiple aircraft and wounded at least 10 U.S. troops, marking the first combat loss of a $300 million E-3 Sentry AWACS, a key surveillance asset.
- On Friday, Iranian missiles and drones struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, destroying a $300 million U.S. E-3 Sentry AWACS and injuring at least 10 service members.
- This strike followed earlier Iranian fire on the airbase on March 13, when five KC-135 refueling aircraft were damaged, amid a wider conflict against U.S. assets beginning February 28.
- The E-3 Sentry acts as a critical 'battle manager' analyzing airspace to coordinate airstrikes, yet the U.S. fleet has dwindled to only 16 aircraft, making replacements difficult due to lack of production lines.
- Andreas Krieg, senior lecturer at King's College London's School of Security Studies, said the aircraft's destruction "further degrades the overall monitoring capability of the U.S." in the region.
- President Donald Trump threatened Monday to "completely" destroy Iran's key oil export hub, Kharg Island, while his administration weighs a risky ground operation to seize uranium.
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The Iranian bombardment of the Saudi military base Prince Sultan, at the end of March, probably caused the destruction of an E-3 Sentry aircraft, one of the most essential radar aircraft for operations...
·France
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E-3 aircraft have given the US armed forces a huge advantage in many theaters of war.
·Finland
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Volodymyr Zelensky assures that Russia sent satellite images to Tehran of the American air base in Saudi Arabia in the days before the Iranian attack.
·Paris, France
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E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft are an asset and extremely valuable to the air force as there is no other aircraft capable of matching its capabilities
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