AWACS demonstrates historic firsts, receives and processes in-air EW updates in minutes

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Aaron Cloutier, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 1, communications systems development test manager, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma executing historic E-3G in-flight test. For the first time, the USAF’s E-3G airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, demonstrated the ability to receive and process in-air electronic warfare software updates derived from EW data collected and transmitted while in flight. (USAF photo by Kimberly Woodruff)

PHOTO BY: Kimberly Woodruff
VIRIN: 220308-F-FH087-1004.JPG
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NIKON Z 6_2

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NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

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400/100

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10/1250

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3200

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