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  2. Boeing E-3 Sentry - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing. E-3s are commonly known as AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). Derived from the Boeing 707 airliner, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force , NATO ...

  3. Airborne early warning and control - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry over North Yorkshire. An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack ...

  4. List of airborne early warning aircraft - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes. NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft

  5. With 'God's-eye view,' secretive surveillance flights keep ...

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    With a powerful radar that rotates six times every minute on the fuselage and a bellyful of surveillance gear, the plane can spot missile launches, airborne bombing runs and other military ...

  6. Airborne aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

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    Boeing 747-AAC (Airborne Aircraft Carrier) was a proposed Boeing aircraft designed to be an airborne aircraft carrier. It was a variant of the Boeing 747 and a concept which never made it to reality. In the early 1970s, Boeing conducted a study under a contract from the USAF for an airborne aircraft carrier for up to 10 Boeing Model 985-121 ...

  7. US Air Force reaches 'affordable' deal with Boeing on E-7 - AOL

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    The United States Air Force has reached an "affordable" deal with Boeing for the supply of E-7 Wedgetail airborne warning and control aircraft, senior officials said on Saturday. The agreement ...

  8. NATO to replace AWACS surveillance jets with modified Boeing 737

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    NATO will replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance planes, in service since the Cold War in the 1980s, with a militarised version of the Boeing 737 commercial jet, the alliance said on ...

  9. List of AEW&C aircraft operators - Wikipedia

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    US Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS. Mexican Air Force Embraer EMB-145. Indian Air Force Beriev A-50 EL/W-2090 AEW&C Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C built for the Pakistan Air Force .