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David Administrator Registered: August 2001 Posts: 46,798 ![]() |
Function: Communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. Provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne command, control, and communications between the National Command Authority (NCA) and U.S. strategic and non-strategic forces. Two squadrons, the "Ironmen" of VQ-3 and the "Shadows" of VQ-4 deploy more than 20 aircrews from Tinker Air Force Base, OK to meet these requirements. History: The Navy accepted the first E-6A in August 1989. The E-6B was conceived as a replacement for the Air Force's Airborne Command Post due to the age of the EC-135 fleet. The first E-6B aircraft was accepted in December 1997 and the E-6B assumed its dual operational mission in October 1998. The E-6 fleet will be completely modified to the E-6B configuration by the year 2003. Description: Boeing derived the E-6A from its commercial 707 to replace the aging EC-130Q in the performance of the Navy's TACAMO ("Take Charge and Move Out" ![]() General Characteristics, E-6 Mercury Contractor: The Boeing Co. Unit Cost: $141.7 million Power Plant: Four CFM-56-2A-2 high bypass turbofans Length: 150 feet, 4 inches (45.8 meters) Height: 42 feet 5 inches (12.9 meters) Wingspan: 148 feet, 4 inches (45.2 meters) Maximum Take-off Weight: 342,000 pounds (154,400 kilograms) Speed: 522 knots (600 mph, 960 kmh) Ceiling: Above 40,000 feet Crew: 14 (A model), 22 (B model) Range: 6,600 nautical miles (7,590 statute miles, 12,144 km) with six hours loiter time Date Deployed: January 1980 |
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