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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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List of AEW aircraft

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Type

!Origin

!Status

!Class

!Entered service in

!Quantity Ordered

!Note

Antonov An-71USSRProductionJet1985{{nts|3}}2 engines
AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101AItalyProductionRotorcraft2009{{nts|4}}3 engines
AgustaWestland Merlin CrowsnestUKProductionRotorcraft2021{{Nts|1+ (Growing)}}3 engines
Avro Shackleton AEW.2UKProductionPropeller1972{{nts|12}}4 engines
Beriev A-50USSRProductionJet1978{{nts|40}} ~4 engines
Boeing 707 Phalcon/CondorIsraelProductionJet1993{{nts|2}}+4 engines
Boeing E-7 WedgetailUSProductionJet2004{{nts|17}}2 engines
Boeing B-29 AEWUSProductionPropeller1951{{nts|3}}4 engines
Boeing EC-137DUSProductionJet1972{{nts|2}}4 engines
Boeing E-3 SentryUSProductionJet1975{{nts|68}}4 engines
Boeing E-767JapanProductionJet1996{{nts|4}}2 engines
Boeing PB-1W Flying FortressUSProductionPropeller1945{{nts|31}}4 engines
Saab GlobalEyeSwedenProductionJet20208+2 engines{{cite press release |url= https://saabgroup.com/media/news-press/news/2018-03/successful-first-flight-for-globaleye/ |title= Successful First Flight for GlobalEye |publisher= SAAB}}
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3UKProjectJet{{nts|11}}4 engines
Britten-Norman Defender AEWUKPrototypePropeller{{nts|2}}+2 engines
Douglas Skyraider AEW variantsUSProductionPropeller1947{{nts|418}}1 engine
EADS CASA C-295 AEWSpainPrototypePropeller{{nts|1}}2 engines
Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&CBrazilProductionJet1999{{nts|15}}+2 engines
Fairey Gannet AEW.3UKProductionPropeller1958{{nts|44}}1 double engine
Fairey Gannet AEW.7UKProjectPropeller{{nts|0}}1 engine
Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1BUSProductionAerostat1955{{nts|3}}2 engines
Goodyear ZPG-3WUSProductionAerostat1958{{nts|4}}2 engines
Grumman E-1 TracerUSProductionPropeller1956{{nts|88}}2 engines
Grumman E-2 HawkeyeUSProductionPropeller1960{{nts|276}}2 engines
Grumman TBM-3W AvengerUSProductionPropeller1944{{nts|40}}1 engine
Gulfstream G550/IAI EitamIsrael/USProductionJet2006{{nts|8}}2 engines
Hawker Siddeley P.139BUKProjectJet{{nts|0}}2 engines
Kamov Ka-31USSRProductionRotorcraft1983{{nts|35}}+2 engines
KJ-1 AEWCChinaPrototypePropeller{{nts|2}}4 engines
KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam'ChinaProductionPropeller2001{{nts|13}}4 engines
KJ-2000ChinaProductionJet2003{{nts|5}}4 engines
KJ-3000ChinaPrototypeJet{{nts|4}}4 engines
Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative)USProjectJet{{nts|0}}2 engines
Netra Mk.1 on ERJ-145 by DRDOIndiaProductionJet2011{{nts|3}}2 engines
Netra Mk.2 on A321 by DRDOIndiaIn developmentJet?62 engines
Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning StarUSProductionPropeller1949{{nts|232}}4 engines
Lockheed EC-130V HerculesUSProductionPropeller1991{{nts|1}}4 engines
Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&CUSProductionPropeller1988{{nts|8}}4 engines
Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus)SwedenProductionPropeller1997{{nts|8}}2 engines
Saab 2000 AEW&CSwedenProductionPropeller2008{{nts|5}}2 engines
Shaanxi KJ-500ChinaProductionPropeller2013{{nts|12}}+4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8WChinaProductionPropeller{{dunno}}{{nts|4}}4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8J AEWChinaPrototypePropeller{{nts|4}}4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8 AWACSChinaProductionPropeller{{dunno}}{{nts|4}}4 engines
Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&CChinaProductionPropeller2010{{nts|4}}4 engines
Sikorsky SH-3H AEWSpainProductionRotorcraft{{dunno}}{{nts|3}}2 engines
Sikorsky HR2S-1WUSProductionRotorcraft1958{{nts|2}}2 engines
Tupolev Tu-126USSRProductionPropeller1962{{nts|12}} ~4 engines
Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception"UKProductionPropeller1944{{nts|1}}2 enginesApril 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS'
Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7UKProductionRotorcraft1982{{nts|13}}2 engines
Xian JZY-01ChinaPrototypePropeller{{nts|1}}2 engines
Xian KJ-600ChinaIn developmentPropeller{{dunno}}{{dunno}}2 engines
Yakovlev Yak-44RussiaProjectPropeller{{nts|0}}2 engines

See also

{{commons category|Airborne early warning aircraft}}

References

= Citations =

{{reflist}}

= Bibliography =

  • {{Cite book|last1=Armistead|first1=Edwin|title=AWACS and Hawkeyes: The Complete History of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

|publisher=Zenith Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0760311400}}

  • {{Cite book|last1=Gibson|first1=Chris|title=The Admiralty and AEW: Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Projects|publisher=Blue Envoy Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0956195128}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Gordon|first1=Yefim|last2=Davison|first2=Peter|title=Tupolev Tu-95 Bear|series=Warbird Tech|volume=43|publisher=Specialty Press|location=North Branch, Minnesota|year=2006|isbn=978-1-58007-102-4}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Hazell|first=Steve

|title=Fairey Gannet|series=Warpaint Series No. 23|publisher=Hall Park Books|location=Buckinghamshire, England|year=2000|asin= B000VMK27S}}

  • {{Cite book|last1=Hirst|first1=M.|title=Airborne Early Warning|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=1983|isbn=978-0850455328}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Lloyd|first1=Alwyn T.|title=Boeing 707 & AWACS|series=in Detail and Scale|publisher=Aero Publishers|location=Falbrook, CA|year=1987|isbn=0-8306-8533-2}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Peter C.|title=Douglas AD Skyraider|series=Crowood Aviation Series|publisher=Crowood Press|location=Marlborough, Great Britain|year=1999|isbn=1-86126-249-3}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Jim|title=S2F Tracker in Action|series=Aircraft number 100|publisher=Squadron/Signal Publications|location=Carrollton, TX|year=1990|isbn=0-89747-242-X}}
  • {{Cite book|last1=Winchester|first1=Jim|title=Lockheed Constellation|series=Classic Airliners|publisher=MBI Publishing|location=St Paul, MN|year=2001|isbn=0-7603-1198-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lockheedconstell00jimw}}

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