E-3 Sentry AWACS News Archive

Boeing to Demo Net-Centric Upgrade on AWACS Aircraft
Posted on: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, July 08, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has integrated network-centric capabilities into two operational U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for a demonstration at Empire Challenge 2008, a joint military exercise being held July 7 through Aug. 1 in China Lake,...

Korea, U.S. join forces for Exercise Max Thunder
Posted on: Fri Jun 20th, 2008 | AFPN

KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFPN) -- Airmen and aircraft from units across the Pacific Air Forces descended June 16 to participate in Exercise Max Thunder here.

General focuses on mission, future of AWACS
Posted on: Sat Dec 1st, 2007 | afmc.af.mil

- HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- The E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System and its crews have led the way into battle many times in the past and are achieving combat excellence today, the commander of the nation's only AWACS flying wing said here Nov. 27.

Boeing Awarded $49.2 Million Contract to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Fleet
Posted on: Thu Sep 20th, 2007 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $49.2 million contract, including options, to upgrade communications aboard Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.

Airmen support NATO AWACS operations
Posted on: Mon Sep 17th, 2007 | AFPN

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Twenty-eight thousand feet in the sky above Hamburg, Germany, and more than 4,200 miles from home, a crew from a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling squadron supports a NATO E-3 Sentry.