Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) prepares to take off for a training exercise with the ...

NATO has awarded its E-3A AWACS replacement contract to Saab and Bombardier, selecting the GlobalEye platform, according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Air Force's fleet of airborne warning aircraft is past its expiration date, but a replacement may be far off. When Air Force E ...

Pakistan is likely to acquire Shaanxi KJ-500, an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, from China.

The destruction of a US Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft in an Iranian strike on a Saudi Arabia air base could damage US abilities to spot incoming Iranian threats at distance, analysts say.

On March 27, an Iranian missile and drone attack struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding at least 10 U.S. service members and damaging several aircraft, which included an E-3 Sentry ...

October 16, 2025: Last year Russia lost the last of its A-50 AWACS/Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. It took nearly a year before anyone could confirm that Russia had lost its last AWACS ...

US Central Command has not yet publicly commented on the incident.

When Iranian forces damaged a U.S. AWACS command-and-control plane sitting on the tarmac at a Saudi air base, they took out a jet often called the "crown jewel" of the Air Force. The loss of even one ...