![Controllers sit at screens in a NATO AWACS aircraft on its way to the NATO forward operating base in Konya, Turkey February 26, 2003. The first E-3A AWACS landed today in Turkey Controllers sit at screens in a NATO AWACS aircraft on its way to the NATO forward operating base in Konya, Turkey February 26, 2003. The first E-3A AWACS landed today in Turkey](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3B77R/controllers-sit-at-screens-in-a-nato-awacs-aircraft-on-its-way-to-the-nato-forward-operating-base-in-konya-turkey-february-26-2003-the-first-e-3a-awacs-landed-today-in-turkey-and-will-begin-missions-on-february-27-to-assist-turkish-airforces-to-defend-the-countrys-airspace-the-planes-which-took-off-from-the-geilenkirchen-base-near-aachen-city-of-germany-will-be-deployed-at-the-third-main-jet-base-command-in-the-province-they-will-carry-out-control-and-reconnaissance-missions-in-border-region-between-turkey-and-iraq-reutersyves-herman-2D3B77R.jpg)
Controllers sit at screens in a NATO AWACS aircraft on its way to the NATO forward operating base in Konya, Turkey February 26, 2003. The first E-3A AWACS landed today in Turkey
![A young visitor at the interior of the AWACS plane at the airport in Mosnov, Czech Republic on September 22, 2012 during two-day NATO Days and Days of the Czech Air Force. ( A young visitor at the interior of the AWACS plane at the airport in Mosnov, Czech Republic on September 22, 2012 during two-day NATO Days and Days of the Czech Air Force. (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CM35XC/a-young-visitor-at-the-interior-of-the-awacs-plane-at-the-airport-CM35XC.jpg)
A young visitor at the interior of the AWACS plane at the airport in Mosnov, Czech Republic on September 22, 2012 during two-day NATO Days and Days of the Czech Air Force. (
NATO Allied Air Command - Inside a NATO AWACS plane -the crews are always manned by members of the 18 Allied nations who participate in the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control
![A member of a multinational NATO force monitors coloured radar screens for aircraft movements onboard an AWACS early warning aircraft May 4. NATO has several of the E3-A aircraft stationed above the A member of a multinational NATO force monitors coloured radar screens for aircraft movements onboard an AWACS early warning aircraft May 4. NATO has several of the E3-A aircraft stationed above the](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/999734e7ed17425587285faa2f6feb45/2d58jwd.jpg)