NATO AWACS

Official LinkedIn Account of NATO AWACS. We are NATO’s own Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. The NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force (NAEW&CF) is home to NATO’s ‘eyes in the sky’, the E-3A Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS), which plays an important and unique role for the Alliance by protecting Allied airspace with their air and maritime surveillance capability. The NAEW&CF has two units with operational capability: The NATO E-3A Component, and the former E-3D Component of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the United Kingdom. RAF personnel crewed six E-3D aircraft until 2021. Additionally, the Mission Systems Engineering Centre (MSEC), which provides engineering services for the E-3A aircraft mission systems, is also part of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force. The NAEW&CF Headquarters is responsible for providing direction and guidance to the Force and oversees Force policies. The NAEW&CF Headquarters, MSEC, and the E-3A Component are located on NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Germany. The Component also maintains three forward-operating bases at Konya in Türkiye, Aktion in Greece, Trapani in Italy, and a forward-operating location at Ørland in Norway.