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To: Spktyr

The Royal Navy would have liked a bit of AWAC coverage during the Falkland War.


105 posted on 05/16/2006 3:56:23 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Yo-Yo
The Royal Navy would have liked a bit of AWAC coverage during the Falkland War.

They learned their lesson, two. They've got helicopters converted to AWACS platforms now. Not as capable or as advanced as E-2C but adequate to their purposes. The French wound up buying E-2s for the de Gaulle.

208 posted on 05/17/2006 5:46:29 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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