The Air Force is developing the AWACS to provide an overall airborne air surveillance capability with command, control and communication functions for air defense and tactical forces. Additionally, AWACS provides a peacetime capability for emergency air traffic controland area surveillance. AWACS will be able to detect and track aircraft at high and low altitudes over land and water and will permit thephasing down of existing Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) control and surveillance systems and phasing out of tactical Air Command (TAC) Airborne Command and Control 1 Center aircraft (the C-130E).


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    Title :

    Airborne Warning and Control System


    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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