AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) is the name of the specific system installed in the American Boeing E-3 Sentry and Japanese Boeing E-767 AEW&C airframes, but is often used as a …

The E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, aircraft with an integrated command and control battle management, or C2BM, surveillance, target detection, and tracking …

Jul 30, 2025 · AWACS can detect aircraft hundreds of kilometres away, so they could monitor airspace in Iraq and Syria from inside Turkish airspace. This was an important contribution to the counter-ISIS …

Feb 18, 2023 · Airborne Warning and Control System, also known as AWACS, might be the key to American dominance in military operations.

AWACS, a mobile, long-range radar surveillance and control centre for air defense. The system, as developed by the U.S. Air Force, is mounted in a specially modified Boeing 707 aircraft.

Jul 15, 2025 · Now, though, the AWACS may be going the way of the dodo, as the US military appears ready to discard big, expensive aerial early warning (AEW) aircraft in favor of a mixture of cheaper …

Since the 1970s, the United States has operated E-3 AWACS aircraft, with air movement tracking indicator (AMTI) technologies that give commanders the ability to see vast areas of airspace, …

Jun 25, 2020 · The E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) is built by Boeing Defense & Space Group. The role of the E-3 is to carry out airborne surveillance and command, control and …

Apr 4, 2025 · Based on the “jet age” Boeing 707 first launched in the 1950s, today’s AWACS fleet entered service in the late 1970s and has been flying for nearly 50 years, much of it in the heat and …

The E-3A AWACS are NATO’s ‘eye in the sky’. They provide the Alliance with air surveillance, battle management, command and control, and communications, and are used for a vast range of NATO …