USAF won't replace crashed AWACS.
U.S. AIR FORCE doesn't plan to replace the E-3B that crashed last week near Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, killing all 24 personnel onboard. The crash, the first since AWACS planes entered service in 1977, was apparently caused by ingestion of geese into one or more of the engines. An AF spokesman said the...
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