Airborne Early Warning and Control

309th AMARG

USAF retires first active-duty E-3B Sentry from service

17th April 2023

Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma bid farewell to its first Boeing E-3B Sentry on March 31 as the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft was flown to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, where it will be placed into long-term storage with the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).

309th AMARG

La USAF retira del servicio el primer E-3B Sentry en activo

17th April 2023

La Base Aérea Tinker (AFB) de Oklahoma se despidió de su primer Boeing E-3B Sentry el 31 de marzo, cuando el avión del sistema aerotransportado de alerta y control (AWACS) fue trasladado a la Base Aérea Davis-Monthan (Arizona), donde será almacenado a largo plazo en el 309º Grupo de Mantenimiento y Regeneración Aeroespacial (AMARG).

Airborne Early Warning and Control

NATO E-3A to monitor Russian air activity from Romania

19th January 2023

NATO has deployed a single Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to the 90th Airlift Base in Otopeni, Romania, from which it will conduct operations to monitor Russian military activity

Airborne Early Warning and Control

First MESA sensor is installed on to RAF E-7A Wedgetail

7th November 2022

The first of three RAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW1 airborne early warning and control aircraft received its Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor on November 4