Sometimes, the military comes up with some truly insane ideas — that work. What if you stuck an airport on a boat? Now, aircraft carriers rule the seas. Okay, what if you stuck a radar station on a ...

The Air Force's much-anticipated E-7 Wedgetail program was axed in June. This aircraft, based on the Boeing 737, is a flying command center whose primary role is to serve as an AWACS (Airborne Warning ...

The Combat-Command platform that so many Oklahomans associate with Tinker Air Force Base is under assault. But Oklahoma's congressional delegation is putting up a fight. First E-3 Sentry Delivered to ...

In broad strategic terms, the E-7 cancellation signals a pivot towards a more decentralized and resilient command and control architecture. The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, originally intended to replace the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — At 32,000 feet in the air, the rotating radar disk on top of one of Tinker Air Force Base’s Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS planes moans and wails. “It can be interesting hearing her sing to ...

Despite the outsized contribution of the E-3, its specifications are rather modest for a military aircraft. The E-3 Sentry is arguably the most recognizable and widely used AWACS (Airborne Warning and ...