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List of airborne early warning aircraft

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This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes.

NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft

List of AEW aircraft

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Type Origin Status Class Entered service in Quantity Ordered Note
Antonov An-71 USSR Production Jet 1985 3 2 engines
AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101A Italy Production Rotorcraft 2009 4 3 engines
AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest UK Production Rotorcraft 2021 1+ (Growing) ?
Avro Shackleton AEW.2 UK Production Propeller 1972 12 4 engines
Beriev A-50 USSR Production Jet 1978 40 ~ 4 engines
Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor Israel Production Jet 1993 2+ 4 engines
Boeing 737 AEW&C Australia Production Jet 2004 14 2 engines
Boeing B-29 AEW US Production Propeller 1951 3 4 engines
Boeing EC-137D US Production Jet 1972 2 4 engines
Boeing E-3 Sentry US Production Jet 1975 68 4 engines
Boeing E-767 Japan Production Jet 1996 4 2 engines
Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress US Production Propeller 1945 31 4 engines
Bombardier Global 6000 Sweden Ordered Jet 2018 1+ ~ 2 engines[1]
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 UK Project Jet 1980 11 4 engines
Britten-Norman Defender AEW UK Prototype Propeller 1988 2+ 2 engines
Douglas Skyraider AEW variants US Production Propeller 1947 418 1 engine
EADS CASA C-295 AEW Spain Prototype Propeller 2011 1 2 engines
Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C Brazil Production Jet 1999 15+ 2 engines
Fairey Gannet AEW.3 UK Production Propeller 1958 44 1 double engine
Fairey Gannet AEW.7 UK Project Propeller ? 0 1 engine
Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B US Production Aerostat 1955 3 ?
Goodyear ZPG-3W US Production Aerostat 1958 4 ?
Grumman E-1 Tracer US Production Propeller 1956 88 2 engines
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye US Production Propeller 1960 276 2 engines
Grumman TBM-3W Avenger US Production Propeller 1944 40 1 engine
Gulfstream G550/IAI Eitam Israel/US Production Jet 2006 8 2 engines
Hawker Siddeley P.139B UK Project Jet 1966 0 2 engines
Kamov Ka-31 USSR Production Rotorcraft 1983 35+ ?
KJ-1 AEWC China Prototype Propeller 1971 2 4 engines
KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' China Production Propeller 2001 13 4 engines
KJ-2000 China Production Jet 2003 5 4 engines
KJ-3000 China Prototype Jet 2013 4 4 engines
Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative) US Project Jet ? 0 2 engines
Netra Mk.1 on ERJ-145 by DRDO India Production Jet 2011 3 2 engines
Netra Mk.2 on A321 by DRDO India In development Jet 2028 6 2 engines
Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star US Production Propeller 1949 232 4 engines
Lockheed EC-130V Hercules US ? Propeller 1991 1 4 engines
Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&C US Production Propeller 1988 8 4 engines
Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus) Sweden Production Propeller 1994 8 2 engines
Saab 2000 AEW&C Sweden Production Propeller 2008 5 2 engines
Shaanxi KJ-500 China Production Propeller 2013 12+ 4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8W China Production Propeller ? 4 4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8J AEW China Prototype Propeller 1998 4 4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS China Production Propeller ? 4 4 engines
Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C China Production Propeller 2010 4 4 engines
Sikorsky SH-3H AEW Spain Production Rotorcraft ? 3 ?
Sikorsky HR2S-1W US Production Rotorcraft 1958 2 ?
Tupolev Tu-126 USSR Production Propeller 1962 12 ~ 4 engines
Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception" UK Production Propeller 1944 1 2 engines[2]
Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 UK Production Rotorcraft 1982 13 ?
Xian JZY-01 China Prototype Propeller 2012 1 2 engines
Xian KJ-600 China In development Propeller ? ? 2 engines
Yakovlev Yak-44 Russia Project Propeller 1993 0 2 engines

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Successful First Flight for GlobalEye" (Press release). SAAB. 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ April 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS'

Bibliography

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