Editing Boeing E-3 Sentry (section)

===United States===
In March 1977 the [[552d Air Control Wing|552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing]] received the first E-3 aircraft at [[Tinker AFB]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=USAF1/> The 34th and last USAF Sentry was delivered in June 1984.<ref name=Boeing_AWACS>{{cite web|title=U.S. and NATO AWACS|publisher=Boeing|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/ic/awacs/e3svcww/usnato.html|access-date=21 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814161401/http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/ic/awacs/e3svcww/usnato.html|archive-date=14 August 2011}}</ref> The USAF has a total of thirty E-3s in active service. Twenty-six are stationed at Tinker AFB and belong to the [[Air Combat Command]] (ACC). Four are assigned to the [[Pacific Air Forces]] (PACAF) and stationed at [[Kadena AB]], Okinawa and [[Elmendorf AFB]], Alaska. One aircraft (TS-3) was assigned to Boeing for testing and development (retired/scrapped June 2012).<ref name=USAF1/>

E-3 Sentry aircraft were among the first to deploy during [[Operation Desert Shield]], where they established a radar screen to monitor Iraqi forces. During Operation Desert Storm, E-3s flew 379 missions and logged 5,052 hours of on-station time.<ref name=V&D_p83>Veronico and Dunn 2004, p.&nbsp;83.</ref> The data collection capability of the E-3 radar and computer subsystems allowed an entire air war to be recorded for the first time.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In addition to providing senior leadership with time-critical information on the actions of enemy forces, E-3 controllers assisted in 38 of the 41 air-to-air kills recorded during the conflict.<ref name=USAF1/><ref name=V&D_p83/>

NATO, UK, French and USAF AWACS played an important role in the air campaign against [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] in the former republic of [[Serbia and Montenegro|FR Yugoslavia]]. From March to June 1999 the aircraft were deployed in the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]] (operation Allied Force) directing allied strike and air defence aircraft to and from their targets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shape.nato.int/resources/21/NATO%20Operations,%201949-Present.pdf |title=NATO's Operations 1949–Present |publisher=NATO |access-date=29 December 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220201228/http://www.shape.nato.int/resources/21/NATO%20Operations,%201949-Present.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> Over 1,000 aircraft operating from bases in [[Germany]] and [[Italy]] took part in the air campaign which was intended to destroy Yugoslav air defenses and high-value targets such as the bridges across the [[Danube]] river, factories, power stations, telecommunications facilities, and military installations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1999 - Operation Allied Force |url=https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458957/1999-operation-allied-force/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Air Force Historical Support Division |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 18 November 2015, an E-3G was deployed to the Middle East to begin flying combat missions in support of [[Operation Inherent Resolve]] against ISIL, marking the first combat deployment of the upgraded Block 40/45 aircraft.<ref name="block4045">{{cite web
 |last = Heusel
 |first = Darren
 |title = E-3 Block 40/45 deploys to combat theater.. The Wait is Over
 |publisher = US Air Force
 |date = 20 November 2015
 |url = https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/660300/e-3-block-4045-deploys-to-combat-theater-the-wait-is-over/
 |access-date = 9 March 2021
 |archive-date = 27 October 2021
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211027201233/https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/660300/e-3-block-4045-deploys-to-combat-theater-the-wait-is-over/
 |url-status = live
}}</ref>