In broad strategic terms, the E-7 cancellation signals a pivot towards a more decentralized and resilient command and control ...

Also known as the AWACS (airborne warning and control system), the Sentry is at its core a Boeing 707/320 commercial airliner. It is powered by four Pratt and Whitney turbofan engines, has a crew ...

An E-3 Sentry aircraft, tail 75-0560, pauses in front of Base Operations at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, on Apr. 6, 2023, prior to departing for the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at ...

The Boeing-built E-3 Sentry deploys following $2.7 billion in upgrades replacing 1970s hardware and software, enhancing surveillance, communications, and other capabilities. Photo courtesy of the ...

The latest model of the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) has arrived in Southwest Asia for its first combat deployment, officials said.

America’s E-7 Wedgetail—under development by Boeing—is set to replace the E-3. Based on the far more popular and enduring Boeing 737 airframe, the E-7 features a Multirole Electronically ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has selected the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft as the replacement for the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS).

Aging E-3 airborne warning and control aircraft flown by NATO and the U.S. Air Force will have analog equipment replaced with modern digital avionics systems.

The Sentry is a modified Boeing 707/320B airliner with a rotating radar dome held 14 feet (4.2 metres) above the rear fuselage by two struts. The dome is 30 ft (9.1 m) in diameter, 6 ft (1.8 m) thick.

For two days in a row, Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear bombers flew near Alaska's airspace. On Apr. 17 the U.S. Air Force scrambled two F-22 Raptor stealth jets, one E-3 Sentry AEW (Airborne Early ...