List of airborne early warning aircraft
List of AEW aircraft
| Aircraft | Category | System Origin | 1st AEW flight | # built | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-71 | Airplane – 2 engines | USSR | 1985 | 3 | retired |
| AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101A | Helicopter | Italy | 2009 | 4 | operational |
| Avro Shackleton AEW.2 | Airplane – 4 engines | UK | 1972 | 12 | retired |
| Beriev A-50 | Airplane – 4 engines | USSR | 1978 | 40 ~ | operational |
| Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor | Airplane – 4 engines | Israel | 1993 | 2+ | operational |
| Boeing 737 AEW&C | Airplane – 2 engines | US | 2004 | 14 | operational |
| Boeing B-29 AEW | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1951 | 3 | retired |
| Boeing EC-137D | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1972 | 2 | retired |
| Boeing E-3 Sentry | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1975 | 68 | operational |
| Boeing E-767 | Airplane – 2 engines | US | 1996 | 4 | operational |
| Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1945 | 31 | retired |
| British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 | Airplane – 4 engines | UK | 1980 | 11 | retired |
| Britten-Norman AEW Defender | Airplane – 2 engines | UK | 1988 | 2+ | prototype |
| Changhe Z-8 AEW[1] | Helicopter | China | 2009 | 1+ | prototype |
| Douglas Skyraider AEW variants | Airplane – 1 engine | US | 1947 | 418 | retired |
| DRDO AEW&CS | Airplane – 2 engines | India | 2011 | 3 | operational |
| EADS CASA C-295 AEW | Airplane – 2 engines | Spain | 2011 | 1 | prototype |
| Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C | Airplane – 2 engines | Brazil | 1999 | 15+ | operational |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 | Airplane – 1 engine | UK | 1958 | 44 | retired |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.7 | Airplane – 1 engine | UK | n/a | 0 | cancelled |
| Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B | Blimp | US | 1955 | 3 | retired |
| Goodyear ZPG-3W | Blimp | US | 1958 | 4 | retired |
| Grumman E-1 Tracer | Airplane – 2 engines | US | 1956 | 88 | retired |
| Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | Airplane – 2 engines | US | 1960 | 276 | operational |
| Grumman TBM-3W Avenger | Airplane – 1 engine | US | 1944 | 40 | retired |
| Gulfstream G550/IAI Eitam | Airplane – 2 engines | Israel/US | 2006 | 8 | operational |
| HAL 748 Airborne Surveillance Platform | Airplane – 2 engines | India | 1990 | 3 | prototype |
| Hawker Siddeley P.139B | Airplane – 2 engines | UK | n/a | 0 | cancelled |
| Kamov Ka-31 | Helicopter | USSR | 1983 | 35+ | operational |
| KJ-1 AEWC | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 1971 | 2 | prototype |
| KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 2001 | 5 | operational |
| KJ-2000 | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 2003 | 5 | prototype |
| KJ-3000 | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 2013 | 4 | prototype |
| Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative) | Airplane – 2 engines | US | n/a | 0 | cancelled |
| Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1949 | 232 | retired |
| Lockheed EC-130V Hercules | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1991 | 1 | |
| Lockheed P-3 AEW&C | Airplane – 4 engines | US | 1988 | 8 | operational |
| Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus) | Airplane – 2 engines | Sweden | 1994 | 8 | operational |
| Saab 2000 AEW&C | Airplane – 2 engines | Sweden | 2008 | 5 | operational |
| Shaanxi KJ-500 | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 2013 | 3+ | operational |
| Shaanxi Y-8W | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 4 | operational | |
| Shaanxi Y-8J AEW | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 1998 | 4 | prototype |
| Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 4 | operational | |
| Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C | Airplane – 4 engines | China | 2010 | 4 | operational |
| Sikorsky SH-3H AEW | Helicopter | Spain | 3 | operational | |
| Sikorsky HR2S-1W | Helicopter | US | 1958 | 2 | retired |
| Tupolev Tu-126 | Airplane – 4 engines | USSR | 1962 | 12 ~ | retired |
| Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception"[2] | Airplane – 2 engines | UK | 1944 | 1 | retired |
| Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 | Helicopter | UK | 1982 | 13 | operational |
| Xian JZY-01 | Airplane – 2 engines | China | 2012 | 1 | prototype |
| Yakovlev Yak-44 | Airplane – 2 engines | Russia | n/a | 0 | cancelled |
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Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C Erieye
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Westland AEW Sea King
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US Navy Goodyear ZPG-3W and ZPG-2W AEW blimps with K-type blimp in background
See also
References
Bibliography
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