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Iowa air refueling wing supports NATO
This month, members of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City, Iowa, are refueling NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft while assigned to NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany.
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2/27
2017
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Total force AWACS ops support world's largest naval exercise
Nearly 150 Airmen from the 513th Air Control Group and 552nd Air Control Wing deployed July 17 from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to the Hawaiian Islands to participate in the world’s largest maritime exercise.
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7/27
2016
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Upgraded E-3 Sentry deploys to combat theater
The first E-3G Sentry (AWACS) arrived in Southwest Asia Nov. 18, marking the deployment of the most comprehensive modification to the weapon system in its 38-year history. The Block 40/45 improved communications, computer processing power, threat tracking and other capabilities.
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11/19
2015
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New interrogation system installed on AWACS, more in pipeline
The E-3 Sentry AWACS Next Generation Identification Friend or Foe (NGIFF) program office from Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, recently completed the first installation of the new AN/UPX-40 system, which also brings new enhancements onto an operational AWACS at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
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7/29
2015
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Upgraded AWACS platform tested at Northern Edge
Calmly soaring at 30,000 feet in the midst of nearly 100 fighters, bombers and refueling tankers executing a battle scenario, an E-3G Sentry (AWACS) surveys every aircraft in a 300-mile radius, calling out commands, verifying target hits and sending aircraft back home safely.
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7/01
2015
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Tech Report: E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
The E-3 Sentry (AWACS) is a modified Boeing 707 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome and serves as an integrated command and control battle management, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform.
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6/10
2015
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ANG conducts air refueling training with NATO allies in Germany
Nearly 30 Airmen from the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing recently spent two weeks at Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany, Jan. 4-16 to provide air refueling support during training flights for NATO E-3A Sentry aircraft pilots.
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1/23
2015
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Warfighters reap benefits as critical upgrades continue
The AWAC 40/45 program office is delivering, and potentially accelerating, critical upgrades to the service's primary platform.
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12/09
2014
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First class graduates from new AF intelligence course
The 552nd Air Control Wing's Operations Support Squadron recently graduated its first class from the new Air Force-wide E-3 Sentry Intelligence Initial Qualification Course.
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11/13
2014
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Dragon ‘fires up’ for flight
The Air Force and NATO are undergoing a cooperative development effort to upgrade the avionics and cockpit displays of AWACS aircraft belonging to the 552nd Air Control Wing here and the NATO E-3 Sentrys from Geilenkirchen, Germany.
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10/18
2014
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