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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:Sentry AEW.1
    Last Military Serial:ZH102 RAF
    Construction Number:24110
    Compressed ID:Boeing Sentry AEW.1 sn ZH102 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an E-3D.

    15 March 1990

    First flight.

    26 March 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ZH102 as a Sentry AEW.1.

    21 September 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Sentry AEW.1 of 8 Squadron based at RAF Waddington on display at the 1991 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    Markings Applied: 02

    5 August 1992

    Transferred to 8 Squadron, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
    Declared fully operational to NATO.

    13 July 1993


    Photographer: Joop de Groot
    Notes: 1993 photo taken at Mildenhall in the UK. Photo displayed with written permission of Joop de Groot

    12 September 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA. On the Rockwell-Collins ramp, opened for tours by Rockwell-Collins employees.

    15 September 2001


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Sentry AEW.1, callsign Vulcan 23, of 8 Squadron on display at the 2001 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    15 September 2012


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: 8 Squadron Sentry AEW.1, ZH102 flew up to Leuchars and did a touch n go

    December 2019

    Assigned to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire for storage.

    October 2023

    Scrapped.
    At RAF Waddington.
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    Terry Fletcher
    Peter Nicholson
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