AW&ST 04 August 4th 2014. Page 28
In the middle of a two page article entitled "Britain could move soon to acquire ASW aircraft" there was this gem -
"In June, Boeing executives in Seattle noted that the RAF's E-3D AWACS fleet had fallen behind the upgrade programs funded by all other Awacs operators and will become increasingly difficult and costly to sustain."
This could be the OPs "article a while ago."
VP wrote
"... to its 2025 out of service date ..."
Is this a unique British out of service date or are NATO, Saudi and USAF on the same 2025 game plan ? Have we decided an AWACS capability will no longer be needed or is the replacement already well down the development pipeline ?
Withering on the vine is all very well for fine wines, but for war machines it seems more like ignorant or deliberate neglect.
LFH