Update: This story was updated April 4 with additional information from the Air Force on capabilities it requested for its E-7s. AURORA, Colo. — For nearly 50 years, the E-3 Sentry aircraft served as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (KFOR) – On a ...

The E-3 Sentry is afflicted by acute parts and maintenance issues as the Boeing 707 aircraft it is based on ceased production 30 years ago. Nearly three months after the fuselage of the U.S. Air Force ...

November 5, 2025: The United States retired the last of its E-3 AWACS/Airborne Warning and Control System in 2023. The Air Force initially wanted to replace the four-engine E-3 AWACS with the ...

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the ...

The Boeing E-3 AWACS has been the quarterback of the skies for nearly 50 years, a flying radar station able to detect enemy planes and missiles and then give recommendations to friendly pilots. The ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are warning Air Force officials against trying to slash the E-3 Sentry fleet that has long been based at Tinker Air Force Base, unless the timetable is accelerated for replacement ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — People in northwest Kansas, southwest Nebraska and northeastern Colorado may have seen F-16 Fighting Falcons and E-3 AWACS in an air defense exercise Wednesday. File image of ...

NATO has signed a USD1 billion contract with Boeing to upgrade the alliance’s 14 E-3 Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft. The AWACS Final Lifetime Extension Programme (FLEP) contract was ...