Business Insider got access to a NATO AWACS flight for an eight-hour surveillance mission over Eastern Europe.

NATO officials are growing anxious about the slow pace of finalizing plans to replace the alliance’s flagship E-3A Airborne ...

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.. T he E-3 ...

NATO is expected to retire its fleet of 14 E-3A aircraft around 2035. The current AWACS aircraft, which is based on a Boeing 707 airliner, features a distinctive radar dome mounted on the fuselage ...

Teams led by Boeing and EADS are vying for a pending NATO requirement to reengine the alliance's 17 E-3A AWACS, plus three trainer/cargo aircraft. Boeing has teamed with CFM International in ...

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – On a morning fit for a funeral, light rain and gray skies, a few of the remaining Airborne Warning and Control System (or AWACS) E-3s were standing ready but ...

Recognizing how challenging it is to keep the E-3 flying, Congress has provided conditional authorization to reduce the number of AWACS in service from 31 to 18. Unfortunately, it takes four years ...

NATO has operated a fleet of E-3A AWACS aircraft since the 1980s based at Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany. The E-7 is expected to have its main base at Geilenkirchen and could operate from ...

NATO has selected the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail to replace its Boeing E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The alliance announced the selection on 15 November, saying the ...