The AWACS, described as NATO's ‘eyes in the skies', usually employed Ørland as forward base, however this time it was decided to deploy the aircraft to Rygge, with at least two E-3s already ...

As mighty as the E-3 AWACS once was, it has started to show its age. The aircraft are decades old, parts for its archaic Boeing 707 airframe are getting harder to come by, and worst of all, its ...

NATO relies on just 14 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, which serve as the most important tool for surveillance and air control across its member countries. These aircraft ...

The E-3’s Long Goodbye: A longtime workhorse for the AWACS 552nd is slowly phased out by: Galen Culver/KFOR Posted: Sep 15, 2023 / 05:45 PM CDT Updated: Sep 17, 2023 / 11:23 AM CDT ...

In April of 2022, the Air Force announced the successor to AWACS, an evolved version of the Wedgetail radar plane that Boeing built for Australia’s military. Wedgetail is based on a militarized ...

Two Royal Air Force (RAF) E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft have deployed to the Mediterranean to support UK-led Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) operations and ...