Australian Wedgetail comes to life at Boeing field

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The Wedgetail, a modified 737-700 airliner will serve as an Aerial Early Warning and Control (AEW & C) system for the Royal Australian Air Force and carries a Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array radar made by Northrop Grumann. The aircraft that was designed on computer screens and modularly assembled is equipped with radar that provides a 360-degree picture and has the capacity to track more than 3,000 targets in the air and the sea out to more than 200 nautical miles.

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Oklahoma base keeps old tankers flying

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The author examines the U.S. air Force's decision to keep its fleet of 40-year-old KC-135s in service for use at a Air Force base in Oklahoma. Topics include military aircraft maintenance and repair, defense spending, and military planning.

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Project would open civilian skies to UAVs

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The author examines plans by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use unmanned aerial vehicles as surveillance aircraft to patrol the skies over America.

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