Airborne Early Warning
and Control Force

Geilenkirchen | Germany

Our Mission:

We are NATO’s own Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. We are Many Nations, One Force—United to detect, direct and dominate the airspace and defend the Alliance.

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May 8 2025

NATO AWACS Participates in Largest At-Sea Live-Fire Exercise in Europe

Apr 17 2025

First Finnish E-3A Component Member Joins NATO AWACS Mission for the First Time

Apr 16 2025

NATO E-3A AWACS Completes Five-Month Deployment to Greece

Commander Airborne Early Warning and Control Force

Major General Korb is the Commander of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force in Geilenkirchen, Germany.

He leads an international military and civilian staff, representing 17 NATO nations which provide an airborne early warning, command and control and battle management capability in support of NATO commanders. Prior to this assignment, he was the Director for Aviation Satefy of the Bundeswehr, Cologne.

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Operations and Exercises

The E-3A AWACS are NATO’s ‘eye in the sky’. They provide the Alliance with air surveillance, battle management, command and control, and communications, and are used for a vast range of NATO missions.

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