List of airborne early warning aircraft

List of AEW aircraft

AircraftCategorySystem
Origin
1st AEW
flight
# builtStatus
Antonov An-71Airplane – 2 enginesUSSR19853retired
AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101AHelicopterItaly20094operational
Avro Shackleton AEW.2Airplane – 4 enginesUK197212retired
Beriev A-50 Airplane – 4 enginesUSSR197840 ~operational
Boeing 707 Phalcon/CondorAirplane – 4 enginesIsrael19932+operational
Boeing 737 AEW&CAirplane – 2 enginesUS200414operational
Boeing B-29 AEWAirplane – 4 enginesUS19513retired
Boeing EC-137DAirplane – 4 enginesUS19722retired
Boeing E-3 SentryAirplane – 4 enginesUS197568operational
Boeing E-767Airplane – 2 enginesUS19964operational
Boeing PB-1W Flying FortressAirplane – 4 enginesUS194531retired
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3Airplane – 4 enginesUK198011retired
Britten-Norman AEW DefenderAirplane – 2 enginesUK19882+prototype
Changhe Z-8 AEW[1]HelicopterChina20091+prototype
Douglas Skyraider AEW variantsAirplane – 1 engineUS1947418retired
DRDO AEW&CSAirplane – 2 enginesIndia20113operational
EADS CASA C-295 AEWAirplane – 2 enginesSpain20111prototype
Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&CAirplane – 2 enginesBrazil199915+operational
Fairey Gannet AEW.3Airplane – 1 engineUK195844retired
Fairey Gannet AEW.7Airplane – 1 engineUKn/a0cancelled
Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1BBlimpUS19553retired
Goodyear ZPG-3WBlimpUS19584retired
Grumman E-1 TracerAirplane – 2 enginesUS195688retired
Grumman E-2 HawkeyeAirplane – 2 enginesUS1960276operational
Grumman TBM-3W AvengerAirplane – 1 engineUS194440retired
Gulfstream G550/IAI EitamAirplane – 2 enginesIsrael/US20068operational
HAL 748 Airborne Surveillance PlatformAirplane – 2 enginesIndia19903prototype
Hawker Siddeley P.139BAirplane – 2 enginesUKn/a0cancelled
Kamov Ka-31HelicopterUSSR198335+operational
KJ-1 AEWCAirplane – 4 enginesChina19712prototype
KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam'Airplane – 4 enginesChina20015operational
KJ-2000Airplane – 4 enginesChina20035operational
KJ-3000Airplane – 4 enginesChina20134prototype
Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative)Airplane – 2 enginesUSn/a0cancelled
Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning StarAirplane – 4 enginesUS1949232retired
Lockheed EC-130V HerculesAirplane – 4 enginesUS19911
Lockheed P-3 AEW&CAirplane – 4 enginesUS19888operational
Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus)Airplane – 2 enginesSweden19948operational
Saab 2000 AEW&CAirplane – 2 enginesSweden20085operational
Shaanxi KJ-500Airplane – 4 enginesChina20133+operational
Shaanxi Y-8WAirplane – 4 enginesChina4operational
Shaanxi Y-8J AEWAirplane – 4 enginesChina19984prototype
Shaanxi Y-8 AWACSAirplane – 4 enginesChina4operational
Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&CAirplane – 4 enginesChina20104operational
Sikorsky SH-3H AEWHelicopterSpain3operational
Sikorsky HR2S-1WHelicopterUS19582retired
Tupolev Tu-126Airplane – 4 enginesUSSR196212 ~retired
Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception"[2]Airplane – 2 enginesUK19441retired
Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7HelicopterUK198213operational
Xian JZY-01Airplane – 2 enginesChina20121prototype
Yakovlev Yak-44Airplane – 2 enginesRussian/a0cancelled

See also

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ AEW capabilities unconfirmed
  2. ↑ April 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS'

Bibliography

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