Model Description
Herpa 1/500th scale 538299 French Air Force Boeing E-3F Sentry – 36th Airborne CCW – 90th Anniversary – 36-CB “Charognard”. Available to pre-order at Flying Tigers.
The 36th Airborne Command and Control Wing operates all four E-3 Sentry Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) in service with the French Aerospace Forces. Each of these aircraft bears the emblem of former traditional units of the French Air Force on the tail. The aircraft with the serial number 36-CB honours the BR 43 “Charognard” (“Vulture”), one of the oldest squadrons, founded in 1918. This aircraft also celebrates two anniversaries: In 2022, the Armée de l’Air not only celebrated the 90th anniversary of the 36th Squadron, which was upgraded from an aerial observation group to a squadron in 1932. The year 2022 was also the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the E-3 Sentry to the French Armed Forces.
RRP £38.00
