E-3 Sentry AWACS Image Gallery
The E-3 Sentry is the most important airborne warning aircraft nowadays in servce.
The AWACS provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications needed by commanders of U.S. and NATO air defense forces.
The AWACS has proven itself in combat; During the 1990 to 1991 Operation Desert Storm, some 845 AWACS sorties were flown and NATO E-3s have also played a major role in the United Nations' enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia and during the Kosovo crisis.
E-3 Sentry AWACS Images:
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An E-3 Sentry lines up to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 13 over Germany. The KC-135 is from the 126th Air Refueling Squadron from the Wisconsin Air National Guard at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, and is operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, for a two-week mission to support NATO operations. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Josie Kemp
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An E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft flies a surveillance mission over the eastern Pacific Ocean Aug. 1 to find drug runners. The Sentry is deployed to Forward Operating Location Manta, Ecuador, from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
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- Korea, U.S. join forces for Exercise Max Thunder
- General focuses on mission, future of AWACS
- Boeing Awarded $49.2 Million Contract to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Fleet
- Airmen support NATO AWACS operations
- Boeing Awarded $20.6 Million Contract for AWACS RF Antennas
- AWACS awaits essential upgrades
- Australia Embraces Net-Centric Warfighting
- ISR Miracles, at a Reasonable Price
- Successful 'World-First' Test of Airborne Early Warning Radar
- UK Selects Northrop as Preferred Bidder for E-3D AWACS Support Contract Valued at Approximately $1.19 Billion
