NATO to replace Boeing E-3A AWACS with six Boeing E-7A Wedgetails
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The E-3A Sentry aircraft, operating since the 1980s from Germany's Geilenkirchen air base for NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, are approaching the end of their service life in the early 2030s, Laurent Lageau recalls on Opex360. Managed by the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Program Management Agency, which unites 16 countries, these aircraft have been a crucial part of NATO's surveillance capabilities.