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 …

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 …

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.

May 20, 2025 · What Is AWACS? AWACS, or Airborne Warning and Control System, refers to a specialized type of surveillance aircraft that carries powerful radar systems capable of …

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 …

Feb 16, 2024 · What is AWACS? AWACS stands for “Airborne Warning and Control System” and first entered service in 1977. For its time, it was quite advanced. It had a radar with a …

Jul 15, 2025 · The E-3 Sentry AWACS (airborne warning and control system) was more than a Boeing 707 converted into a flying radar station and command post. AWACS has become a …

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, …

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 …

Sources: U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet 92-59, Janes: All the World's Aircraft Bill Richards (Airborne Early Warning Association)