E-3 Sentry

E-3 Sentry is a memorial in Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska. E-3 Sentry is situated nearby to Yukla Memorial Park, as well as near the aircraft McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temnac P-38G Lightning and Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center.

Temnac P-38G Lightning

Aircraft

Photo: Articseahorse, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Temnac P-38G Lightning is a historic military aircraft, now on display at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson. It is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, military serial number 42-13400, which entered service in the United States Army Air Forces at what was then known as Elmendorf Field in 1942, during World War II, and was assigned to the 54th Fighter Squadron.

Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center

Government office

Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center is an Area Control Center operated by the Federal Aviation Administration just outside the main gate of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at 700 North Boniface Parkway in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center is situated 1½ miles southeast of E-3 Sentry.

Alaska Mission Operations Center

Office

The Alaska Mission Operations Center is a U.S. National Security Agency facility located on Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The facility is considered one of two "consolidated intelligence centers" and is supported by the 373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group of the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing of the U.S. Alaska Mission Operations Center is situated 2 miles northwest of E-3 Sentry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spenard.

Spenard

Hamlet

Spenard is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States and was historically a separate city from Anchorage. The road that bears its name, Spenard Road, begins at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at its southern end, and continues north toward downtown before ending at Westchester Lagoon, where it turns and becomes part of I Street. Spenard is situated 5 miles southwest of E-3 Sentry.

E-3 Sentry

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “On Elmendorf AFB, September 22, 1995 at 0747 hours a Boeing E3-B Sentry AWACS from the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron crashed shortly after takeoff for a routine surveillance training sortie.”
Category: historic site
Location: Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

61.2478° or 61° 14′ 52″ north

Longitude

-149.80037° or 149° 48′ 1″ west

Open location code

93HG65XX+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9015838014

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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