It is possible to deploy multiple F-35 radars, which then could provide added flexibility by permitting Airborne Warning and Control System coverage elsewhere.

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Japan owns four Boeing E-767 airborne warning and control system aircraft.

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Robertson says if the EU wants to use NATO assets, such as airborne warning and control aircraft, intelligence and communications, they will have to use the NATO military planning facility at supreme allied headquarters in Belgium.

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The Air Force didn't immediately release a list of the specific units and bases that would be affected, but it said it would cover some fighters like F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-22 Raptors, and some airborne warning and control aircraft in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific.

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This would involve a multibillion dollar purchase of off-the-shelf American military hardware like Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and tankers adding immeasurably to the defense of the Western Pacific, offering greater flexibility to U.S. forces otherwise committed to protecting Japan and helping to offset somewhat the yawning balance-of-trade deficit.

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Worse still, Western intelligence sources believe the Soviets themselves may be operating some of the more sophisticated equipment Moscow has exported to Iraq, like jammers being employed to try to deny U.S. and Saudi Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft vital information concerning Iraqi military movements.

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