Comments on: AWACS

By: John

John — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:23:59 +0000

The auto plant just south of Tinker is a General Motors assembly plant that closed in 2006. They last built GMC Envoy SUVs.

By: Gav

Gav — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:37:48 +0000

The aircraft at Mildenhall is a US E-3B/C. You can tell by the smaller engines and the lack of a refuelling probe.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:54:06 +0000

Children’s Play Area? Is that a euphemism for the aircraft fire training area?

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:27:12 +0000

The E-3 at RAF Mildenhall will most likely be a US example as Mildenhall is currently used by the US Air Force. The RAF E-3 Sentry’s are all based at RAF Waddington in Lincolshire

By: MrWhipple

MrWhipple — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:49:01 +0000

Brian (#13):

The aircraft you found is a Grumman E-2 Hawkeye. The Hawkeye provides carrier-based Airborne Early Warning (AEW) services for the U.S. Navy, roughly analogous to the E-3’s role for the Air Force.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:07:31 +0000

To the west of Khorat airfield in Thailand there is this plane.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Looks like it has the radar dish but it is definately smaller than all the other examples. Looks a little like an A-10, but I haven’t seen dish (circle) on one before.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:22:50 +0000

If you go south a bit to cambridge, from mildenhall, cambridge aiport main hangar is mistakenly labelled as London Luton Airport! How would one go about reporting this error to google?

By: SpedAngel

SpedAngel — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:44:48 +0000

The first thumbnail link of the RAF Mildenhall actually links to the third thumbnail’s location, the Khorat Airfield.

By: Grant Hutchins

Grant Hutchins — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:21:31 +0000

Glad you found my post. I see AWACS flying overhead fairly often here in Oklahoma City.

By: lostdog

lostdog — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:20:24 +0000

Here’s one at Placemark: Boeing Field in Seattle / Google Earth