AWACS demonstrates historic firsts, receives and processes in-air EW updates in minutes
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dameion Briggs, commander 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 1, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and Maj. Jesse Snook, 605th TES, Det 1, air battle manager on the E-3G preparing for 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)