NATO will update its aging airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet with the purchase of six Boeing E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, it announced Wednesday. The E-7 Wedgetail ...

NATO had decided to replace its fleet of 14 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft with six new E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, after a consortium of Allies approved this month what ...

NATO said that at Rygge, during the drills, the participating countries operated two E-3A AWACS planes. "The E-3A aircraft is often referred to as NATO's ‘eyes in the skies'," noted NATO's press ...

NATO is sending long-range surveillance aircraft to Lithuania for a mission across the Baltics, the alliance said in a recent statement. The first of three E-3A AWACS planes is currently operating ...

The North Atlantic Alliance has hailed the Security Service of Ukraine’s operation targeting Russian strategic aircraft as ...

A NATO AWACS aircraft takes off for a training mission. The airplane provides battle management and fighter control functions during combined aerial drills. [Courtesy: NATO Airborne Warning and ...

To determine the NATO countries with the most military aircraft, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed 2024 Military Strength Ranking from Global Firepower, an annually updated defense-related statistics website ...

In the past, the aircraft supported NATO missions in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, but also events such as the 2006 World Cup in Germany and summit meetings. In a conflict, the AWACS planes ...

NATO has planned to modernize 14 of its 17 AWACS, and due to budget restrictions has decided to retire one AWACS aircraft in 2015, according to D-M. Aircraft from all branches of the Department of ...

The Geilenkirchen air base, near the border with the Netherlands, is where the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft are based. A post on the NATO AWACS fleet’s ...

BERLIN (AP) — NATO says security at an air base in ... the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System or AWACS surveillance aircraft are stationed. There was no word on the nature of ...