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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.

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NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft

List of AEW aircraft

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Type Origin Status Propulsion Entered service in Quantity Ordered Based on Note
Antonov An-71USSRProductionTurbofan, high-bypass19853Antonov An-722 engines
AgustaWestland EH-101AItalyProductionRotorcraft20094AgustaWestland AW1013 engines
AgustaWestland Merlin CrowsnestUKProductionRotorcraft20211+ (Growing)3 engines
Avro Shackleton AEW.2UKProductionPropeller197212Avro 696 Shackleton Mk.24 engines
Beriev A-50USSRProductionTurbofan, low-bypass197840 ~Ilyushin Il-764 engines
KJ-2000ChinaProduction200354 engines
Boeing 707 Phalcon/CondorIsraelProduction19932+Boeing 7074 engines
Boeing EC-137DUSProduction197224 engines
Boeing E-3 SentryUSProduction1975684 engines
Boeing E-7 WedgetailAustraliaProduction200417Boeing 737NG2 engines
Boeing B-29 AEWUSProductionPropeller19513Boeing B-29 Superfortress4 engines
Boeing E-767JapanProductionTurbofan, high-bypass19964Boeing 767-2002 engines
Boeing PB-1W Flying FortressUSProductionPropeller194531Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress4 engines
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3UKProjectTurbofan, low-bypass?11Hawker Siddeley Nimrod4 engines
Britten-Norman Defender AEWUKPrototypeTurboprop?2+Britten-Norman Defender2 engines
Douglas Skyraider AEW variantsUSProductionPropeller1947418Douglas AD Skyraider1 engine
EADS/CASA C-295 AEW&CSpainPrototypeTurboprop?1CASA C-2952 engines
Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&CBrazilProductionTurbofan, medium-bypass199915+Embraer EMB-1452 engines
Netra Mk.1 (EMB-145SM)IndiaProduction201132 engines
Fairey Gannet AEW.3UKProductionTurboprop, contra-rotating195844—1 double engine
Fairey Gannet AEW.7UKProject?0Fairey Gannet AEW.31 engine
Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1BUSProductionAerostat19553Goodyear N-class2 engines
Goodyear ZPG-3WUSProductionAerostat195842 engines
Grumman E-1 TracerUSProductionPropeller195688Grumman C-1 Trader2 engines
Grumman E-2 HawkeyeUSProductionTurboprop1960276—2 engines
Grumman TBM-3W AvengerUSProductionPropeller194440Grumman/General Motors TBM-3 Avenger1 engine
Gulfstream G550CAEW/IAI Eitam/E-550AIsrael/ItalyProductionTurbofan, medium-bypass20068Gulfstream G5502 engines
Hawker Siddeley P.139BUKProject?0—2 engines
Kamov Ka-31USSRProductionRotorcraft198335+Kamov Ka-272 engines
KJ-1 AEWCChinaPrototypeTurboprop?2Tupolev Tu-44 engines
KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam'ChinaProduction200113Shaanxi Y-84 engines
Shaanxi Y-8J AEWChinaPrototype?44 engines
Shaanxi Y-8 AWACSChinaProduction?44 engines
Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&CChinaProduction201044 engines
KJ-3000ChinaIn developmentTurbofan, high-bypass20244Xi'an Y-20B Kunpeng4 engines
Lockheed AMSSUSProject?0Lockheed S-3 Viking2 engines
Netra Mk.2IndiaIn development?6Airbus A3212 engines
Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning StarUSProductionPropeller1949232Lockheed C-121 Constellation4 engines
Lockheed EC-130USProductionTurboprop19911Lockheed C-130 Hercules4 engines
Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&CUSProduction19888Lockheed P-3 Orion4 engines
Saab 340 AEW&C/S 100B/D ArgusSwedenProduction19978Saab 3402 engines
Saab 2000 AEW&CSwedenProduction20085Saab 20002 engines
Saab GlobalEyeSwedenProductionTurbofan, medium-bypass20208+Bombardier Global 6000/65002 engines[1]
Shaanxi KJ-500 QianliyanChinaProductionTurboprop201312+Shaanxi Y-94 engines
Sikorsky SH-3H AEWSpainProductionRotorcraft?3Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King2 engines
Sikorsky HR2S-1WUSProductionRotorcraft19582Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave2 engines
Tupolev Tu-126USSRProductionTurboprop, contra-rotating196212 ~Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya4 engines
Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception"UKProductionPropeller19441Vickers Wellington2 engines[2]
Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7UKProductionRotorcraft198213Westland Sea King WS-612 engines
Xian JZY-01ChinaPrototypeTurboprop?1Xi'an Y-72 engines
Xian KJ-600ChinaIn development2025?Xian JZY-012 engines
Yakovlev Yak-44RussiaProjectPropfan, contra-rotating?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.
  2. ↑ April 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS'

Bibliography

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  • Armistead, Edwin (2002). AWACS and Hawkeyes: The Complete History of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft. Zenith Press. ISBN 978-0760311400.
  • Gibson, Chris (2011). The Admiralty and AEW: Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Projects. Blue Envoy Press. ISBN 978-0956195128.
  • Gordon, Yefim; Davison, Peter (2006). Tupolev Tu-95 Bear. Warbird Tech. Vol. 43. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-102-4.
  • Hazell, Steve (2000). Fairey Gannet. Warpaint Series No. 23. Buckinghamshire, England: Hall Park Books. ASIN B000VMK27S.
  • Hirst, M. (1983). Airborne Early Warning. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0850455328.
  • Lloyd, Alwyn T. (1987). Boeing 707 & AWACS. in Detail and Scale. Falbrook, CA: Aero Publishers. ISBN 0-8306-8533-2.
  • Smith, Peter C. (1999). Douglas AD Skyraider. Crowood Aviation Series. Marlborough, Great Britain: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-249-3.
  • Sullivan, Jim (1990). S2F Tracker in Action. Aircraft number 100. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. ISBN 0-89747-242-X.
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