NATO said that at Rygge, during the drills, the participating countries operated two E-3A AWACS planes. "The E-3A aircraft is often referred to as NATO's ‘eyes in the skies'," noted NATO's press ...

NATO's three-week deployment of its E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning Control System) aircraft to Norway's Rygge air base, in the southern part of the country, concluded last week. The E-3 ...

TASS/. NATO said it had has approved a contract to replace the fleet of six Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft by 2031. "NATO has selected its next generation command and control aircra ...

"Maritime patrol aircraft and Nato Awacs surveillance aircraft will provide aerial over-watch and ensure that the airspace is clear." For periods of time during the exercise larges areas of ...

The increased measures include additional surveillance and reconnaissance flights, including with maritime patrol aircraft, NATO AWACS planes, and drones. A fleet of four NATO minehunters is also ...

The delivery comes as NATO is spending $1 billion to modernise its 14 AWACS reconnaissance planes, which along with the drones, are the few military assets owned by NATO.

Acting on a recommendation from the alliance's top military commander, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, NATO ambassadors gave the go-ahead to the AWACS flights, a NATO spokesman said.

This included additional maritime surveillance and AWACS flights, and the dispatch of four minehunters. NATO's actions, and later JEF deployments with similar purposes, underline the importance that ...