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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: Air Superiority B-52?
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Date: 12 Jun 91 19:13:12 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)


> .... I really
> think, though, that the planes they currently use for AWACS are
> quite reasonable ones.  

The AWACS airframe is a modified Boeing 707-320B.  Boeing just shut
down it's 707 line after the last AWACS was shipped off to France.  If
other countries want AWACS - Boeing will start up the 707 line again.
Current countries with AWACS include; Saudi Arabia, Britain, France,
and NATO.

The 'military' version of the 707 is also the airframe for E6, E4, and KC135.

mike schmitt
Defense and Space Systems
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