AWACS - NATO's Eye in the Sky

NATO’s AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), a highly mobile and powerful aerial radar system, flies over Southern Europe during exercise Trident Juncture, providing an invaluable link between NATO’s many air assets and commanders on the ground.
The AWACS based in Trapani, in Sicily, are from the E-3A Component of which there are 17 E-3A aircraft. The E-3A can exchange information with ground-based, sea-based and airborne commanders.

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