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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 ...
Armistead, Edwin (2002). AWACS and Hawkeyes: The Complete History of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft.Zenith Press. ISBN 978-0760311400.; Gibson, Chris (2011). The Admiralty and AEW: Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Projects.
On October 20, 2010, the US State Department notified Congress of its intention to make the biggest arms sale in American history—an estimated $60.5 billion purchase by Saudi Arabia, trumping the former US-Saudi AWACS sale. The package represents a considerable improvement in the offensive capability of the Saudi armed forces.
The most famous example of this technology is the Air Force's E-3 Sentry AWACS (an acronym of "Airborne Warning and Control System"), which was first introduced in 1977, and which the Air Force ...
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems: Boeing E-3 Sentry's surveillance radar and air control system installed on a Boeing 767-200; used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. [25] 1994 (without rotodome) 1996 (with rotodome) 2000 4 Boeing E-7 Wedgetail: Airborne early warning and control: Boeing Defense, Space & Security: Based on the Boeing 737 ...
552d Air Control Wing Boeing E-3 Sentry. Active: 1942-1944; 1944–1945; 1955–1974; 1997-present ... California, 8 March 1955 – 30 June 1974; Tinker Air Force ...
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. Boeing E-767 of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.
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