Wader2
On the E3 of course it does not operate at low level, spends sometime over the sea and some over the land and also has a proper parachute exit (a la KC135). Given its role - combat support, the reliablity of its engines, and the proven airframe, it is obvious that parachutes are not needed in the E3 either.
Having flown on an E-3D I was delighted when I was shown the exit-chute only to be told that some bright spark had taken away the parachutes and blocked it with a large lump of equipment on all of the aircraft - d'oh!
It almost harps back to the days of WWI when the top-brass didn't want their aviators abandoning their aircraft!
