The Boeing E-3 Sentry isn’t just a plane - it’s a high-tech command center in the sky. Known as AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), this aircraft is the backbone of U.S. military ...

American defense contractor Northrop Grumman flew an upgraded version of the Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array on a ...

to obtain the AEW&C type as a replacement for the obsolescent Boeing E-3 Sentry. Crew from both the RAF and USAF have been embedded with the RAAF’s No 2 Sqn to learn about operating and ...

The lead and most visible craft of this sort is the Boeing E-3 Sentry, a 707 that's been modified to accommodate a massive, rotating radar dome on its back. Technically known as airborne early ...