spy plane with colourfull paint job

hi there,

i am hopefull some one on here can help me identify the following plane :






the photo was taken in the USA by a friend. i am aware it is a spy plane but why the colourfull paint job ??

many thanks

snoopyuk

[edit on 4-2-2008 by snoopyuk]

It's an E-3 Sentry AWACS. It's not a spy plane, it's a radar control aircraft. That one looks like it's a NATO bird. I'll try to dig up other pictures of it.


Here are some other examples. They're special paint jobs commemorating events. This one looks like the 50th anniversary of something.







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thanks zaphod58 , i see the `normal` coloured ones every day as i am living near the main base in the UK .

i am gratefull.

snoopyuk

[edit on 4-2-2008 by snoopyuk]

Yep, AWAC.

Here is one of ours taking off...they take off before the jets....and land after the jets And are VERY cool looking inside



(taken from my house on base)

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thanks for the reply,

that is the same as the ones i normally see here in the UK, the one in the op however was in the USA and seems to have a commercial paint job rather than normal mil colours.

snoopyuk

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thanks zaphod58....

snoopyuk

What you are looking at is a NATO E3-A Sentry AWACs plane commemorating an anniversary: see photo below:




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Thankyou Bagheera.....do you know what the anniversary was ??

thanks

snoopyuk

25th anniversary of E-3 operations I believe

www.airliners.net...

www.airliners.net...


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