Editing Boeing E-3 Sentry (section)

=== Former operators ===
;{{flag|United Kingdom}}: The [[Royal Air Force]] purchased seven E-3Ds by October 1987, designated ''Sentry AEW.1'' in British service.<ref name=Wilson_p75/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/sentry-aew1-e3d/|title=Sentry AEW1 (E-3D) |publisher=RAF.mod |access-date=10 December 2020|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805080958/https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/sentry-aew1-e3d/|url-status=live}}</ref>  As of December 2020, only three remained in service after one was withdrawn from service in 2009 to be used as spares, two were withdrawn in March 2019 and a further one withdrawn in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.key.aero/article/raf-halves-sentry-fleet-less-12-months-keyaero-exclusive|title=UK SENTRY FLEET HALVED IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS|publisher=Key.Aero|date=14 February 2020|access-date=10 December 2020|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205043157/https://www.key.aero/article/raf-halves-sentry-fleet-less-12-months-keyaero-exclusive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/wedgetail-to-be-rafs-new-early-warning-radar-aircraft/ |title=Wedgetail to be RAF's new early warning radar aircraft |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=22 March 2019 |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322111155/https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/wedgetail-to-be-rafs-new-early-warning-radar-aircraft/ |archive-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> The fleet had been given an out of service date (OSD) of December 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministry of Defence: The Equipment Plan 2019 to 2029 |url=https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Equipment-Plan-2019-to-2029.pdf |publisher=National Audit Office |date=27 February 2020 |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316075110/https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Equipment-Plan-2019-to-2029.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They formed the E-3D Component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awacs.nato.int/organisation/e3d-component|title=E-3d component|website=awacs.nato.int|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429151457/https://awacs.nato.int/organisation/e3d-component|url-status=live}}</ref> However, that date was accelerated pursuant to the 2021 defence review and the aircraft made its final flight in U.K. service in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2021/08/raf-e-3d-sentry-returning-to-waddington-after-final-mission/|title=RAF E-3D Sentry returning to Waddington after final mission|date=4 August 2021|access-date=26 September 2021|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127200912/https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2021/08/raf-e-3d-sentry-returning-to-waddington-after-final-mission/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[RAF Waddington]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
::[[No. 8 Squadron RAF|No. 8 Squadron]]<ref name="RAF">{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/e-3d/ |title=E-3D |publisher=Royal Air Force |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323221253/https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/e-3d/ |archive-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> (1991–2021)
::[[No. 23 Squadron RAF|No. 23 Squadron]] (1996–2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/23squadron.cfm |title=23 Squadron |publisher=Royal Air Force |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114184339/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/23squadron.cfm |archive-date=14 January 2011}}</ref>
::[[No. 54 Squadron RAF|No. 54 Squadron]] (Operational Conversion Unit 2005–?)<ref name="RAF"/>
::[[No. 56 Squadron RAF|No. 56 Squadron]] (Operational Evaluation Unit 2008–?)<ref name="RAF"/>