Sometimes, the military comes up with some truly insane ideas — that work. What if you stuck an airport on a boat? Now, aircraft carriers rule the seas. Okay, what if you stuck a radar station on a ...

The Boeing 737-based AEW platform is expected to be operational from the 2030s. NATO had decided to replace its fleet of 14 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft with six new E-7A ...

One of the outstanding military innovations of the Cold War years was the E-3 Sentry radar plane, which could monitor airborne and maritime traffic over great distances from a modified Boeing BA 707 ...

The evolution of air combat has been significantly influenced by the development of radar early warning systems, which have become a crucial element in modern air warfare. Since the Vietnam War, the ...

A somber ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this month will mark 20 years since the base's worst air disaster: the crash of a surveillance and communications aircraft that claimed two dozen ...

AWACS aircraft: Following Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attacks, Pakistan launched drone and missile attacks on several Indian cities but the ...

The E-3 Sentry is far past its sell-by date—but with the need for AWACS persisting and no alternative in sight, the Air Force will need to go to increasing lengths to keep it alive. The E-3 Sentry, ...

A Boeing-made Australian E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft pictured in 2014. The Air Force said it has selected the Wedgetail to replace some of its aging E-3 Sentry aircraft.