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AWACS

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AWACS  (wks)
n. pl. AWACS
A military surveillance system, carried by aircraft, that is capable of tracking a large number of other aircraft from a great distance.
[A(irborne) W(arning) A(nd) C(ontrol) S(ystem).]
AWACS, Awacs [ˈeɪwæks]
n acronym for
(Military) airborne warning and control system
Translations
AWACS [eɪˈwæks] N ABBR =Airborne Warning and Control System → AWACS m
AWACS [ˈeɪwæks] n abbr (=airborne warning and control system) → Awacs système aéroporté d'alerte et de contrôle)m >
AWACS, Awacs abbr of airborne warning and control system → AWACS-Flugzeug nt, → Awacs-Flugzeug nt, mit Frühwarnsystem ausgestattetes Aufklärungsflugzeug der US-Luftwaffe


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Army Aviation and Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama, at the NAEW&C Force Command at SHAPE Headquarters in Mons, Belgium, at the NAEW&C Procurement Management Agency in Brunssum, The Netherlands, and at the NATO AWACS main operating base in Geilenkirchen, Germany.
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Many Americans were shocked to learn that, on October 12th, foreign military forces, in the form of five NATO AWACS planes dispatched from a base in Geilenkirchen, Germany, began cruising American skies to assist in the defense of the American homeland.
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