E-767



 E-767 AWACS



Description
The Boeing E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) developed as a natural progression from the E-3 Sentry following the closure of Boeing's 707 production line. The E-767 combines a Boeing 767-200ER airframe with the APY-2 development of the Sentry's APY-1 radar and mission system.

The first flight of the completed E-767 occurred on 9 August 1996 at Everett, Washington. To date only the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) has ordered the E-767, initially purchasing two in 1992, increasing the order to four in 1994. The first production E-767 is now entering an extensive testing and certification program with the aim of delivering the first two E-767s to the JASDF in 1998. Other military variants of the 767 are now under consideration, including tanker and strategic transport aircraft to replace the aging fleet of KC-135s and B707s in world wide military service.

Ace Squadrons/Pilot

 * AWACS Stagecoach / UGF (AC2)


 * AWACS Sky Eye / ISAF (AC4)


 * AWACS Thunder Head / OADF (AC5)


 * AWACS Oka Nieba / YAF (AC5)


 * AWACS Eagle Eye / UAF (ACZ)


 * AWACS Ghost Eye / REAF (AC6)


 * ESM AWACS Snake Pit / REAF (AC6)


 * AWACS Orthros / EAF (AC6, AoA)

Other uses in battle
In Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies there is an air-to-air mission where three opposing E-767s each create an obscuring circle on radar (concealing other planes in its diameter) but do not impede visual acquisition (seeing other planes), targeting, or missile lock. In an air-to-air mission in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War however, the three opposing E-767s instead 'spoof' the player's radar by creating visual and radar dopplegangers of other planes so that the player might waste ammunition and missiles firing on the phantom planes.