The vital but rapidly aging Air Force E-3 Sentry is back in the Middle East while a replacement could still be years away.

The shrunken E-3 fleet isn't getting any younger, and a replacement is still far off while demand for its services would be far greater in the Pacific.

United States Air Force has dispatched six of its remaining 16 E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft to Europe over the past two days, with two already heading onward to the Middle ...

This video looks at China’s growing fleet of airborne early warning and control aircraft, better known as AWACS. We break ...

The U.S.-Iran standoff has moved into the skies, with Washington surging a large share of its aging E-3 Sentry “flying radar” fleet toward Europe and the Middle East. In just days, the U.S. Air Force ...

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 ...