1, different operators

The carrier of E-3 Watchtower is Boeing 707, which is a large jet transport plane with four engines, 46 meters long and 44 meters wingspan.

E-2C Hawkeye carrier aircraft is developed on the basis of C-2 Greyhound. C-2 is a small transport aircraft with twin propeller engines, which can take off and land on the deck of the aircraft carrier, with a total length of 17m and a wingspan of 24m.

E-3 (left) and its prototype Boeing 707 (right)

-C-2 (bottom) and E-2 (top)

2, the performance is different

Because the E-3 is wide, it can carry a larger radar and is equipped with /APY-2 phased array radar. A single E-3 can control all targets in the stratosphere within 700 kilometers, including land, and belongs to the strategic early warning command and control machine.

E-2 is small in size and equipped with AN/APS- 125 radar. It can control medium and high altitude targets within 500 kilometers and low altitude targets within 200 kilometers, and its performance is not as good as that of E-3. Carrier aircraft, mainly used for aircraft carriers, belongs to tactical early warning and relay control machine.

-Inside the spacious E-3, there are more than a dozen groups of consoles.

-Narrow E-2 cabin