The E-5C is the United States Air Force newest, next gen AWACS aircraft.

It uses two big brand new and super powerful turbo-fan engines and comes equipped with the latest radar tech, early warning tech and projectile launch detection tech. It's also very capable of defending itself thanks to the missile approach sensors and flares.

Most importantly about this aircraft though, is that everything works!

It has realistic internal and external lighting, animated thrust reversers, animated FLAPS and SLATS, realistic speed brakes, animated landing gear and last but not least, a fully functional cockpit which should be VR capable once Simpleplanes VR comes out. It also has an APU, which doesn't really do anything, but it does make sound and there's a button for it in the cockpit!

It's also capable of air-to-air refueling, using the deployable probe on the roof, which is quite easy to connect thanks to the refueling probe camera!

You can operate everything from the cockpit. Every function that this aircraft has, has either a button, switch or lever to operate it, together with all the gauges you need.

Cockpit picture

Gear animations

FLAPS and SLATS

Thrust reversers and speed brakes

External lights

Radar disk

Activation 1: Toggle refueling probe
Activation 2: Toggle engines
Activation 3: Toggle cabin lights
Activation 4: Toggle formation lights
Activation 5: Toggle APU
Activation 6: Toggle ICE lights
Activation 7: Toggle landing lights
Activation 8: Toggle other external lights

Camera 1 (F5): Co-pilot
Camera 2 (F6): Pilot
Camera 3 (F7): Refueling camera

Trim: elevator trim...
VTOL for FLAPS and SLATS.

Take-off speed with 50% FLAPS and SLATS (VTOL 50%) is 180MPH
Landing speed is around 170MPH with 100% FLAPS and SLATS (VTOL 100%)

Have fun!