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NATO's E-3 Sentry AWACS are Now Operating from Norway's Rygge Air Base
will begin frequently hosting NATO's E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft. This is owing to the unavailability of the runway at Ørland in western Norway, which led to ...
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Military Terminology: AWACS
While in use by the Air Force, the E-3 is far from the only plane to wear the AWACS designator. The other well-known entry is the US Navy's carrier ... land- and sea-based aircraft in a war ...
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Boeing Receives 737 Fuselage for U.S. Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C Prototype
The company has now started the assembly of the first Boeing 737 airframe which will later receive the mission equipment to ...
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US and Canadian jets intercepted Russian reconnaissance planes near Alaska
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado — North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22s, CF-18s, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, intercepted two Russian Tu-142 ...
Boeing Completes 1st Flight Of E-7 Wedgetail Military Aircraft
Boeing announced in a press release that it has just completed the first flight of the United Kingdom's E-7 Wedgetail AWACS ...