List of airborne early warning aircraft

This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes.

NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft

List of AEW aircraft

Type	Origin	Status	Class	Entered service in	Quantity Ordered	Note
Antonov An-71	USSR	Production	Jet	1985	3	2 engines
AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101A	Italy	Production	Rotorcraft	2009	4	3 engines
AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest	UK	Production	Rotorcraft	2021	1+ (Growing)	3 engines
Avro Shackleton AEW.2	UK	Production	Propeller	1972	12	4 engines
Beriev A-50	USSR	Production	Jet	1978	40 ~	4 engines
Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor	Israel	Production	Jet	1993	2+	4 engines
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail	US	Production	Jet	2004	17	2 engines
Boeing B-29 AEW	US	Production	Propeller	1951	3	4 engines
Boeing EC-137D	US	Production	Jet	1972	2	4 engines
Boeing E-3 Sentry	US	Production	Jet	1975	68	4 engines
Boeing E-767	Japan	Production	Jet	1996	4	2 engines
Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress	US	Production	Propeller	1945	31	4 engines
Saab GlobalEye	Sweden	Production	Jet	2020	8+	2 engines[1]
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3	UK	Project	Jet		11	4 engines
Britten-Norman Defender AEW	UK	Prototype	Propeller		2+	2 engines
Douglas Skyraider AEW variants	US	Production	Propeller	1947	418	1 engine
EADS CASA C-295 AEW	Spain	Prototype	Propeller		1	2 engines
Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C	Brazil	Production	Jet	1999	15+	2 engines
Fairey Gannet AEW.3	UK	Production	Propeller	1958	44	1 double engine
Fairey Gannet AEW.7	UK	Project	Propeller		0	1 engine
Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B	US	Production	Aerostat	1955	3	2 engines
Goodyear ZPG-3W	US	Production	Aerostat	1958	4	2 engines
Grumman E-1 Tracer	US	Production	Propeller	1956	88	2 engines
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye	US	Production	Propeller	1960	276	2 engines
Grumman TBM-3W Avenger	US	Production	Propeller	1944	40	1 engine
Gulfstream G550/IAI Eitam	Israel/US	Production	Jet	2006	8	2 engines
Hawker Siddeley P.139B	UK	Project	Jet		0	2 engines
Kamov Ka-31	USSR	Production	Rotorcraft	1983	35+	2 engines
KJ-1 AEWC	China	Prototype	Propeller		2	4 engines
KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam'	China	Production	Propeller	2001	13	4 engines
KJ-2000	China	Production	Jet	2003	5	4 engines
KJ-3000	China	Prototype	Jet		4	4 engines
Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative)	US	Project	Jet		0	2 engines
Netra Mk.1 on ERJ-145 by DRDO	India	Production	Jet	2011	3	2 engines
Netra Mk.2 on A321 by DRDO	India	In development	Jet	?	6	2 engines
Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star	US	Production	Propeller	1949	232	4 engines
Lockheed EC-130V Hercules	US	Production	Propeller	1991	1	4 engines
Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&C	US	Production	Propeller	1988	8	4 engines
Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus)	Sweden	Production	Propeller	1997	8	2 engines
Saab 2000 AEW&C	Sweden	Production	Propeller	2008	5	2 engines
Shaanxi KJ-500	China	Production	Propeller	2013	12+	4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8W	China	Production	Propeller	?	4	4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8J AEW	China	Prototype	Propeller		4	4 engines
Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS	China	Production	Propeller	?	4	4 engines
Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C	China	Production	Propeller	2010	4	4 engines
Sikorsky SH-3H AEW	Spain	Production	Rotorcraft	?	3	2 engines
Sikorsky HR2S-1W	US	Production	Rotorcraft	1958	2	2 engines
Tupolev Tu-126	USSR	Production	Propeller	1962	12 ~	4 engines
Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception"	UK	Production	Propeller	1944	1	2 engines[2]
Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7	UK	Production	Rotorcraft	1982	13	2 engines
Xian JZY-01	China	Prototype	Propeller		1	2 engines
Xian KJ-600	China	In development	Propeller	?	?	2 engines
Yakovlev Yak-44	Russia	Project	Propeller		0	2 engines

See also

• List of AEW&C aircraft operators
• List of maritime patrol aircraft