Air War Game-Changer: Sweden Set to Deliver Ukraine’s First AEW&C Aircraft

Air War Game-Changer: Sweden Set to Deliver Ukraine’s First AEW&C Aircraft

Ukraine’s first airborne early warning and control aircraft to be delivered once Kyiv’s F-16s get Link-16 tactical network mods – allowing the Vipers to engage enemy aircraft before they are targeted.

In an interview with the Lithuanian military affairs website Delfi, a spokesman for the Swedish Ministry of Defense said that the transfer of two Saab 340 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft – also known as ASC890 – that was announced by Defense Minister Pål Jonson last May was on schedule. The spokesman confirmed that “the delivery dates for ASC890 are linked to the availability of certain modifications of the F-16 fighter.” Thi…