They call them the “eyes and brains” of modern air warfare — and for good reason. AWACS aircraft, or Airborne Warning and Control System platforms, do far more than simply fly around and watch. They ...

Reports of a USAF E-3G AWACS disappearing over the Strait of Hormuz remain unverified as Trump says Iran is not ready for a peace deal.

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 ...

The E-3 is one of the most instantly recognizable aircraft in the world. With a distinctive, spinning radome atop its fuselage, the E-3 is impossible to miss. The radome is the crux of the airplane, ...

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. Dramatic ...

Iran's sole Simorgh AWACS aircraft was lost during a military parade on September 22, one of two Iranian military aircraft that crashed in Tehran while participating in a display to mark the ...

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 out ...

Did Iran shoot down a U.S. aircraft over the Strait of Hormuz? An American E-3 Sentry reportedly transmitted the emergency 7700 squawk code before disappearing from publicly available flight-tracking ...

EADaily, September 6th, 2026. The ASC 890 AWACS aircraft, which was donated by Sweden back in 2024, began to fly combat ...

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 ...