The RAF Sentry fleet will retire later this year after 30 years of service, freeing resources for the E-7A Wedgetail which is set to enter service in 2023. A Royal Air Force E-3D Sentry AEW1, with serial ZH101 and assigned to No. 8 Squadron, returned to RAF Waddington on Aug. 4, 2021, following the type’s last operational mission, ahead of the retirement later this year....
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E-3 Sentry Fleet To Be Retired From RAF Service
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E-3 Sentry Fleet To Be Retired From RAF Service
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The aircraft, retired from service last year, should replace the Boeing 707 Cóndor. The Chilean Air Force (FACh) might get in the near future three of the E-3D Sentry AEW Mk.1 recently retired by the Royal Air Force. An unspecified source, reported by both the UK Defence Journal and Janes, said that Chile acquired three airframes, of which one will be used for spare parts, to replace the Boeing 707 Cóndor currently in service....
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