# List of United States electronic warfare aircraft

This list covers both currently and formerly operated electromagnetic warfare aircraft (typically airborne early warning and control aircraft) used by the United States.
As such there will be overlaps with United States command and control aircraft and United States airborne early warning aircraft.

## 1924–1962

| Name | Role | Manufacturer | Notes | Year of first flight | Introduction | Number built |
| Douglas EF-10B Skyknight/F3D-2Q | Electronic warfare/Attack aircraft | Douglas Aircraft Company | Electronic warfare version of the Douglas F3D Skyknight. 35 F3D-2s were converted into F3D-2Q EW aircraft. | Unknown | Unknown | At least 35 |
| Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star | Airborne early warning and control | Lockheed Corporation | Developed from the Lockheed C-121 Constellation | 1949 | 1954 | 232 |
| Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior | Strategic bomber / electronic warafre | Douglas Aircraft Company | Electronic warfare version of the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. | 1952 | 1956 | |
| Grumman E-1 Tracer | Carrier-based airborne early warning | Grumman | Developed from the Grumman C-1 Trader. Replaced by the E-2 Hawkeyes in 1964. | 1956 | 1960 | 88 |
| Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | Carrier-based airborne early warning | Northrop Grumman | Highly used by the United States Navy; developed into the Grumman C-2 Greyhound. Replaced the E-1 Tracer. | 1960 | 1964 | 313 (total); 88 (E-2D) |

## 1962–present

| Name | Role | Manufacturer | Notes | Year of first flight | Introduction | Number built |
| Douglas EB-66 | Electronic warfare | Douglas Aircraft Company | Used by United States Air Force to jam North Vietnamese SAMs, MiG-21s, and anti-aircraft guns. | | 1965, By | At least 99 |
| Grumman EA-6A "Electric Intruder" | Electronic warfare (EW)/Electronic countermeasures (ECW) | Grumman | Converted Grumman A-6 Intruder designed for the United States Marine Corps, designed to provide a new ECM platform to replace the EF-10B Skyknights and AD Skyraiders; it served with the USMC during the Vietnam War in 1966. The last EA-6A had been retired by 1993. Later upgraded into the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler. | Unknown | 1965 | 27/28 |
| Boeing EC-135 | Airborne Command Post, Airborne Launch Control Center, Tracking and Telemetry Platform, Airborne Radio Relay | Boeing | Developed from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. Replaced by the Boeing E-6 Mercury. | Unknown | 1965 | Unknown |
| Grumman EA-6B Prowler | Electronic warfare/Attack aircraft | Grumman Northrop Grumman | Improved version of the Grumman EA-6A. Replaced by the EA-18G Growler in 2015 in the U.S. Navy and was retired in March 2019 with the U.S. Marine Corps. | 1968 | 1971 | 170 |
| Lockheed EC-130 | Psychological and Information Operations (EC-130J) | Lockheed Lockheed Martin | One of the many variants of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. | Unknown | 1975 | 7 |
| Boeing E-3 Sentry | Airborne early warning and control | Boeing Defense, Space & Security | Developed from the Boeing 707-320. | EC-137D: 9 February 1972 E-3: 25 May 1976 | 1977 | 68 |
| Boeing E-4 | Airborne early warning and control | Boeing | Developed from the Boeing 747-200 | 1973 | 1974 | 4 |
| Windecker YE-5 | Experimental stealth aircraft | Windecker Industries | Developed from Windecker Eagle | 1973 | Never | 1 |
| Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call | Electronic warfare (EW), Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), offensive counter-information | Lockheed (airframe) BAE Systems (prime mission equipment) L3 Communications (aircraft integration and depot maintenance) | One of the many variants of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. | Unknown | 1983 | 14 |
| General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven | Electronic warfare | General Dynamics, conversion by Grumman | Developed from the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. | 1977 | 1983 | 42 |
| Boeing E-6 Mercury/Hermes | Airborne command and control | Boeing | Developed from the Boeing 707-300; utilizes TACAMO; planned to be replaced by the TACAMO Recapitalization Program (E-XX); replaced the EC-135. | 1987 | 1989 | 16 |
| Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS | Airborne Battle Management and ISTAR | Northrop Grumman | Developed from the Boeing 707 | 1988 | 1991 | 17 |
| E-9A Widget | | | A United States Air Force De Havilland Canada Dash 8 range control aircraft that ensures that the overwater military ranges in the Gulf of Mexico are clear of civilian boats and aircraft during live fire tests of air-launched missiles and other hazardous military activities. The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, has the only E-9A aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory. | Unknown | 1988 (IOC) | 2 |
| Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A | Airborne early warning and control | Northrop Grumman / Boeing Integrated Defense Systems | Based on the Boeing 767-400ER, project later cancelled. | Never | Never | 0 |
| Boeing E-767 | Airborne early warning and control | Boeing Integrated Defense Systems | Boeing E-3 Sentry's surveillance radar and air control system installed on a Boeing 767-200; used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. | 1994 (without rotodome) 1996 (with rotodome) | 2000 | 4 |
| Boeing E-7 Wedgetail | Airborne early warning and control | Boeing Defense, Space & Security | Based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation. Also known as the E-737 or Boeing 737 AEW&C | 2004 | 2012 | 14 |
| Boeing EA-18G Growler | Electronic warfare aircraft | Boeing | Electronic warfare version of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It's built to replace aging EA-6B Prowlers. It also retains the Super Hornets' multi-mission and SEAD capabilities. | 2006 | 2009 | 172 as of October 2021 |
| EA-37B Compass Call | | | USAF Gulfstream G550 fitted for Electronic Warfare to replace existing EC-130H Compass Call aircraft. Previously known as EC-37B, on November 14, 2023, Air Combat Command redesignated the platform as EA-37B to better identify its mission of finding and attacking enemy land or sea targets. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Lockheed EP-3 | Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) | Lockheed Corporation | Electronic signals reconnaissance variant of the Lockheed P-3 Orion. | Unknown | 1960s, late -early 1970s | 12 |