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Dec. 7, 2023
Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise

For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined
April 6, 2023
552nd ACW Bids Farewell to First AWACS

Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing gathered to bid farewell to aircraft 0560, during an event commemorating the aircraft’s rich history March 31. Aircraft 0560 is the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning Air Control System aircraft to retire from the fleet this year. The final destination for
Nov. 17, 2022
US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition

“Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise. Exercise VF:C is a
Sept. 17, 2020
From flip phone to smart phone: AWACS gets an upgrade

The first fully qualified crew under the new crew design for the E-3 G Airborne Warning and Control System reached their deployment location in September 2020. The first fully qualified crew under the new crew design for the E-3 G Airborne Warning and Control System reached their deployment location
Aug. 11, 2020
Records Are Meant to Be Broken: AWACS Crews Fly Record Sorties

On Aug. 3, 2020, the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron flew their 34th consecutive combat mission, breaking their previous record for sequential flights.

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Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise

552nd ACW Bids Farewell to First AWACS

US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition

From flip phone to smart phone: AWACS gets an upgrade

Records Are Meant to Be Broken: AWACS Crews Fly Record Sorties