The destruction of a US Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft in an Iranian strike on a Saudi Arabia air base could damage US abilities to spot incoming Iranian threats at distance, analysts say.

Iranian missiles and drones struck the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, roughly 96 kilometres southeast of Riyadh, ...

NATO is moving forward with Saab’s GlobalEye to replace its E-3 Sentry fleet, marking Boeing’s displacement and a shift ...

A loss of an E-3 is a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and points to other capability and defensive gaps.

Iran's IRGC reportedly destroyed a US AWACS plane, leading to significant military losses. Ukrainian intelligence suggests Russia may have aided Iran by providing satellite imagery. The US has lost ...

EADaily, April 12th, 2026. Leading the column of integrated unmanned solutions (CCDB) analyst Dmitry Kuzyakin called the loss of AWACS E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft by the Americans an irreparable loss.

Apart from the AWACS platform, several KC-135 aerial refuelling tankers are also believed to have sustained damage in the ...

Iran reportedly hits E-3 Sentry flying radars, which track drones, missiles, aircraft from hundreds of kilometres away.

The so-called AWACS plane, which has a rotating radar disc mounted above its fuselage, is used to spot distant threats and ...

NATO has chosen the Swedish Saab GlobalEye, mounted on Canadian Bombardier jets, to replace its ageing US-built Boeing E-3 ...

An American E-3 Sentry was among the aircraft damaged at the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to U ...

A recent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia has destroyed a vital US Air Force E-3G Sentry AWACS aircraft, significantly reducing ...