DefenceTalkTINKER AIR FORCE BASE: The long-awaited, highly anticipated deployment of the E-3 Sentry (AWACS) Block 40/45 is finally over, with the deployment of the first upgraded weapon system to a combat theater of operations. The first E-3G arrived in Southwest Asia Nov. 18, marking the deployment of the most comprehensive modification to the weapon system […]https://www.defencetalk.com/upgraded-e-3-sentry-deploys-to-combat-theater-65889/

DefenceTalkOn a cool and cloudy morning, personnel from NAPMA, Force Command and the E-3A Component landed in Manching, Germany, for a ceremony in commemoration of the completion of the NATO E-3A Large Aircraft Infra-Red Counter Measures (LAIRCM) Retrofit Program. The LAIRCM project to install a Northrop Grumman countermeasure system on the NATO E-3A AWACS started […]https://www.defencetalk.com/upgrade-to-self-protection-system-keeps-awacs-safe-49088/