Early warningStatic

55G6

Tall Rack · EWR 55G6

Fixed early warning radar. It sees aircraft out to 216 nm. An aircraft at 500 ft stays below its horizon until 41 nm. It shows as “S” on the F-16 and F/A-18 RWR.

Distance from the radar

DetectionSREWR55

216 nm

At 500 ftSRRadar horizon

41 nm

At 5,000 ftSRRadar horizon

101 nm

At 30,000 ftSRRadar horizon

216 nm

063125188250 nm

Radar horizon over flat ground, with standard refraction, for an aircraft at that height above the radar. Terrain between you and the antenna hides you sooner.

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Detection

Detects at: 216 nm
Target altitude: 160 ft to 98,400 ft
Antenna elevation: -15° to 60°
Antenna height: 130 ft
Scan period: 1 s
Notch speed: 97 kt
Search reaction: 12 s

On your RWR

RWR symbol: “S”
HARM code: None
Frequency: 30–300 MHz

Unit

Role: Early warning
Road speed: Static

Also “S” on your RWR

DCS 2.9.30.28718 · datamine 2.9.30.28718_2026-10-07T161222 · DCS model values, not real-world performance

In DCS for 10 countries: Algeria, Belarus, Combined Joint Task Forces Blue, Combined Joint Task Forces Red, Kazakhstan, Russia, USAF Aggressors, USSR, Ukraine, United Nations Peacekeepers.