E-3 Sentry AWACS

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.

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