NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force

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NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Official Facebook Account of NATO AWACS. We are NATO’s own Airborne Early Warning and Control Force.

For more than 40 years, NATO countries and units have been able to rely on the support of NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&CF). The NAEW&CF operates a fleet of 14 Boeing E-3A Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft equipped with long-range radar and passive sensors capable of detecting air and surface contacts over large distances. It conducts a wide range of missions from peacetime air policing, support to counter-terrorism, evacuation operations, embargo, initial entry and crisis response to the full spectrum of wartime missions. NAEW&C holds a unique place in NATO military history because it is the first multinational flying unit established by the Alliance and 18 NATO member nations participate in the programme. Its mission is to perform all surveillance and battle management tasks ordered by the NAEW&C Force Commander on behalf of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATOs highest military leadership in Europe. The NAEW&CF has two units with operational capability: The NATO E-3A Component in Geilenkirchen, Germany, with 14 E-3A aircraft and the E-3D Component of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Waddington, UK. The six E-3D aircraft will be crewed solely by RAF personnel un 2021. From 2023 the UK will contribute with three E-7 Aircrafts.

20 NATO member nations participate in the NAEW&CF programme: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Seventeen of these nations provide military personnel to the Force (Luxembourg does not provide military personnel).

09/10/2026

Knock Knock

🌼 us rollin’ — and keeping a watchful eye to defend the Alliance.

09/10/2026

Please be patient, just completing the recognized air picture. ✍️✈️

📹 by: OR-3 Marvin Herbert

08/10/2026

Language is beautiful 🫶

However you communicate it, just know the NATO AWACS has your back ✈️


07/10/2026

When your workplace just feels like home. ✈️

📹 by: OR-3 Marvin Herbert

It's not always about the journey, sometimes the destinations are pretty great too ✈️🇩🇪🇬🇷🇳🇴🇮🇹🇹🇷Alongside NATO Air Base G...
07/10/2026

It's not always about the journey, sometimes the destinations are pretty great too ✈️

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Alongside NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, the NATO AWACS regularly operates out of its many Forward Operating Bases/Location to conduct a variety of missions and exercises.

Which one is your favorite?

06/10/2026

Thanks for the recognition. We are your humble servants. 🫡

📹 by: OR-3 Marvin Herbert

🎤 by: OR-5 Dilara Heidenfelder

SITREP | Week 40- Training in 🇪🇸 & 🇬🇧- Flights from 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇸Last week, NATO AWACS supported multiple partner nations duri...
05/10/2026

SITREP | Week 40

- Training in 🇪🇸 & 🇬🇧
- Flights from 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇸

Last week, NATO AWACS supported multiple partner nations during the Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) flying course at Los Llanos Air Base 🇪🇸

TLP gives Allied Air Forces the chance to teach new tactics in a training environment while also reinforcing NATO's collective defense and deterrence.


Yesterday, NATO AWACS conducted training with the British Royal Air Force over the North Sea. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✈️🌊In two waves, th...
01/10/2026

Yesterday, NATO AWACS conducted training with the British Royal Air Force over the North Sea. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✈️🌊

In two waves, the AWACS crew controlled multiple UK Eurofighter Typhoons during air-defence scenarios. Also, Dassault Falcon 20s were used as adversary aircraft to train UK fighter pilots. The Eurofighters were deployed from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby, while the Dassault Falcon 20s operated from Teesside International Airport.

The flight also marked the end of an era: it was the final flight of Flight Engineer Master Sergeant Jens, who retired after a remarkable 10,874 flight hours.

📸 by: OR-3 Marvin Herbert

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