Boeing E-3 Sentry
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control aircraft developed by Boeing. E-3s are commonly known as AWACS. Derived from the Boeing 707 airliner, it provides all-weather su
An E-3 Sentry of the United States Air Force
The piston-engined EC-121 Warning Star, a military version of the Lockheed Constellation, saw service in the mid-1950s.
A welcome ceremony for the first E-3 aircraft at Tinker AFB in 1977
Close-up rotodome revolving at 6 revolutions per minute.
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
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The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable, tactical airborne early warning aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s an
Boeing E-3 Sentry
…replace the E-3 with the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, but in 2025 intended instead to use space-based technology including the proposed Golden Dome and the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. This planned cancellation was subsequently reversed in May 2026. In 1963, the USAF asked for proposals for an Airborne Warning and Control System…
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye conducts a flight test
A Grumman E-2A Hawkeye in flight in the early 1960s
An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to VAW-120 flies over Jacksonville, Florida
Radar operations inside an E-2C of VAW-115