Anonymous ID: 3ebe2b Jan. 6, 2023, 8:40 p.m. No.18094707   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4763 >>4852 >>4859 >>4888 >>4900 >>4965 >>5051 >>5120

South Korea AF 65-329 E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) they call it 'Peace Eye' over western SoKo

 

Eventually these will replace the E-3 AWACS and the AF has orders for them but it will be several years before that happens: Australia, Turkey currently use these with the RAF-UK scheduled to start in 2024

 

USAF to replace E-3 Sentry aircraft with Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/usaf-replace-e-3-sentry-boeing-e-7-wedgetail/

 

The Boeing 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) airframe, known as the E-7, is an air battlespace management platform, capable of detecting airborne threats including hostile aircraft and cruise missiles. Four countries operate the E-7: the Australian air force was the first to purchase the system, and has designated it the E-7A Wedgetail; the South Korean air force operates it under the name “Peace Eye”; the Turkish air force designates their four E-7s as the E-7T Peace Eagle, and the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force operates it as the Wedgetail AEW1.

 

The E-7 consists of a Boeing 737-700 airframe, with the addition of a Northrop-Grumman produced Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar. This radar, which is fixed unlike the rotating radome of the E-3 Sentry (AWACS), has 360 degree capability with a 200+ nautical mile range in all weather conditions. The Australian air force deployed its Wedgetails to the Middle East for Operation Okra in support of the coalition fight against ISIS.

https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/defense-systems/e-7-wedgetail/