NATO E-3A Component

AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, may refer to:

* E-3 Sentry, the aircraft developed under the USAF's "Airborne Warning and Control System" program
* Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C), a more modern term for the general type of aircraft used in this role



E-3 Sentry
The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American military airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft that provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, to the United States, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, and NATO air defense forces. Production ended in 1992 after 68 had been built.



E-3A
Production aircraft with TF33 engines and AN/APY-1 radar, 25 built for USAF later converted to E-3B standard. 18 built for NATO with TF33 engines and five for Saudi Arabia with CFM56 engines.



For more information : http://www.e3a.nato.int/