NATO’s First Upgraded E-3 Sentry Being Prepared For Return To Service

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All 14 of NATO's E-3 Sentries will be upgraded through the FLEP program.

Credit: NATO
NATO’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Force has taken delivery of its first Boeing E-3 Sentry that has been upgraded to the Final Lifetime Extension Program (FLEP) standard. Delivery of the aircraft to Geilenkirchen, Germany, on Oct. 25 comes more than two years after the aircraft was...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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