The Effort To Replace The US Military's Radar Planes Isn't Going To Plan

The U.S. military currently relies on an antiquated fleet of E-3 Sentries for orchestrating battlefield assets in war zones.
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AWACS celebrates 40th anniversary at Tinker Air Force Base

OKLAHOMA CITY — At 32,000 feet in the air, the rotating radar disk on top of one of Tinker Air Force Base’s Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS planes moans and wails. “It can be interesting hearing her sing to ...
AOL

NATO's flying radar is an old plane, but E-3 crews say it's still a mission workhorse

Business Insider got access to a NATO AWACS flight on a mission over Eastern Europe. The aircraft, an E-3 Sentry, is decades old and nearing the end of its service life. But crew members said the ...
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USAF Gives Boeing $2.56 Billion for New AWACS Aircraft Others Have Been Using for Years

Back in 2022, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) finally decided on a replacement for the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft it has been using since the early 1970s. That ...
News9

Tinker Celebrates 40 Years Of AWACS

It has been 40 years since the first airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, plane found its home at Tinker AFB, and the mission of the aircraft has changed over the years. The Boeing 707 has ...
News Tribune

Surveillance flights keep watch on Russia and Ukraine

France's four E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft are based on a modified Boeing 707 airframe. The pilot, who could only be identified by his rank and first name, Major Kevin, said commercial pilots sometimes ...