Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A military surveillance system, carried by aircraft, that can track many other aircraft from a great distance.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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AWACS is the airbourne radar division based at Tinker AFB, and Okinnowa in the pacific and were in Rihyad Saudi Arabia but are probably not based out of Quatar, and they HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH presidential proceedure …. .sorry for the facts but give it up moron ….
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He's currently AWACS, which is what I was before I got out to be momma.
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The E-3A Sentry aircraft, better known as AWACS, and the smaller, lesser-known TR-1, flew their missions in boring circles or straight lines far behind the fighting front.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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On the outside, an AWACS is a radar dish with wings, D'Aagata explains.
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Pairs of warplanes patrol the zone a Libyan no-fly zone would probably require several pairs all the time to effectively cover the long coastal area where almost all of the population is located backed up by airborne refuelling tankers orbiting offshore and multiple command-and-control aircraft called AWACS with sensitive radar that control the battle space.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL KORING 2011
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During the interview Haig made a slight mistake in citing the number of radar surveillance aircraft, known as AWACS, that the United States was in the process of providing to Saudi Arabia.
Politics Daily Lou Cannon 2010
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During the interview Haig made a slight mistake in citing the number of radar surveillance aircraft, known as AWACS, that the United States was in the process of providing to Saudi Arabia.
Politics Daily Lou Cannon 2010
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The pictures are from the Oval Office after Reagan won a close Senate vote to approve selling to Saudi Arabia radar technology known as AWACS, short for airborne warning and control system.
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Also support planes such as AWACS and J-Stars, which are planes that use sophisticated equipment to track people -- I'm sorry -- track objects and vehicles on the ground.
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This is the E-26 AWACS aircraft, "AWACS" meaning it has that big sort of radar drum on top there.
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