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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.
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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 missio

ns 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).

11/09/2026

Answering the Call: Operation EAGLE ASSIST

Following the September 11 attacks, NATO operationalized Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It was NATO’s first deployment in the defense of one of its member nations. The NATO AWACS was mobilized to Tinker Air Force Base to patrol the skies over the United States.

What followed was more than 4,000 flight hours executed by nearly 850 crew members from 13 NATO nations over the course of seven months to secure the skies over the United States.

07/09/2026

SITREP | Week 36

- Assurance Measures & Enhanced Vigilance Activities in 🇩🇪, 🇵🇱, & 🇷🇴
- ⁠Tailored Assurance Measures in 🇹🇷
- ⁠Sorties from 🇩🇪 & 🇹🇷

07/09/2026

🏅 Congratulations to our members who recently received the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, SACEUR Recognition Award, and NATO AWACS Recognition Award!

03/09/2026

Stronger Together ✈️

For more than 40 years, NATO AWACS has set the standard for what can be accomplished as an Alliance.

As NATO’s Eyes in the Sky, the NATO AWACS operates to safeguard every inch of the Alliance and its citizens.

02/09/2026

Last week, NATO AWACS returned to FOB Konya for ROTO 103 🇹🇷

During this rotation (ROTO), NATO AWACS will primarily conduct Tailored Assurance Measures and provide airborne C2 capabilities in the region.

01/09/2026

How would you take a photo of the NATO AWACS?

No matter how you present it, the NATO AWACS is NATO’s Eyes in the Sky safeguarding the Alliance.

31/08/2026

SITREP | Week 35

- Assurance Measures in 🇮🇹
- Assurance Measures & enhanced Vigilance Activities in 🇷🇴
- ⁠Tailored Assurance Measures in 🇹🇷
- ⁠Training in 🇩🇪 and 🇮🇹

- Sorties from 🇩🇪 & 🇹🇷

28/08/2026

✈️🇬🇧 Late opening hours at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
🇳🇱 Voor Nederlandse tekst zie beneden⬇️
🇩🇪 Für die deutsche Übersetzung lesen Sie unten weiter⬇️

🇬🇧 Late opening hours at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen

In the week from 31 August to 4 September, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen will have late opening hours due to aircrew training at night including air refuelling training. Such training flights are necessary to guarantee our operational readiness and keep our training capability at the highest level.

The leadership of the E-3A Component is aware that flights outside the standard operating hours (Monday-Friday 08.00-22.00) have an effect on the vicinity and therefore will try to keep these flights to a minimum.

NATO military activities are carefully prepared. However, weather conditions or operational circumstances may cause flights to proceed differently than previously announced. Due to operational safety reasons, no further details can be published.

🇳🇱 NAVO vliegbasis Geilenkirchen langer open

In de week van 31 augustus tot en met 4 september is NAVO Vliegbasis Geilenkirchen langer open vanwege training voor onze piloten onder verduisterde omstandigheden, daarnaast wordt het bijtanken in de lucht beoefend. Dergelijke trainingsvluchten zijn noodzakelijk om onze operationele gereedheid te garanderen en onze getraindheid op het hoogste niveau te houden.

De leiding van de E-3A Component is zich ervan bewust dat vluchten buiten de standaard bedrijfstijden (maandag - vrijdag 08.00-22.00 uur) effect hebben op de omgeving en zal daarom proberen deze vluchten tot een minimum te beperken.

NAVO militaire activiteiten wordt zorgvuldig voorbereid, maar bepaalde weersomstandigheden of operationele omstandigheden kunnen ervoor zorgen dat vluchten anders verlopen dan eerder aangekondigd. Om redenen van operationele veiligheid kunnen geen verdere details worden gepubliceerd.

🇩🇪 Geänderte Öffnungszeiten auf dem NATO-Flugplatz Geilenkirchen

In der Woche vom 31. August bis zum 4. September, wird der NATO-Flugplatz in Geilenkirchen aufgrund von Nachtflügen mit Piloten-Training länger geöffnet sein. Um die Sicherheit unserer Flüge zu gewährleisten und um ihre Fähigkeiten aufrechtzuerhalten, müssen Piloten regelmäßig Luftbetankungen im Dunkeln üben. Solche Trainingsflüge sind auch wichtig, um unsere Einsatzbereitschaft sicherzustellen und unsere Ausbildungsstandards auf höchstem Niveau zu halten.

Der Führung des E-3A-Verbands ist bewusst, dass Flüge außerhalb der normalen Flugbetriebszeiten (montags bis freitags von 08:00 bis 22:00 Uhr) Auswirkungen auf die umliegenden Gemeinden haben. Deshalb ist der E-3A-Verband bestrebt, diese Flüge auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.

Die militärischen Aktivitäten der NATO werden sorgfältig vorbereitet. Aufgrund von Wetterbedingungen oder aus operationellen Gründen kann es aber dazu kommen, dass Flüge anders verlaufen als zuvor angekündigt. Aus Sicherheitsgründen können keine weiteren Einzelheiten veröffentlicht werden.

Photo by: Andrew Hummel

27/08/2026

🎙️ We asked our people to recreate the sound of the NATO AWACS…

Now the real question: Who did it best?✈️

And more importantly… could you do it better?👀

📹 by: OR-3 Marvin Herbert

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Öffnungszeiten

Montag	09:00 - 17:00
Dienstag	08:00 - 17:00
Mittwoch	08:00 - 22:00
Donnerstag	08:00 - 22:00
Freitag	08:00 - 22:00

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http://www.AWACS.nato.int/

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