NATO will replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance planes, in service since the Cold War in the 1980s, with a militarised version of the Boeing 737 commercial jet, the alliance said on Wednesday, in a deal likely worth billions of euros.
  • 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Of all the planes they could choose, why the 737? That thing is kind of cursed, especially the 737 Max had many accidents in the past

    • Kumabear@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Firstly it’s not a Max version.

      Second, the Australian airforce and Boeing developed this plane together and have already had it in service for many years with fantastic success and reliability.

      I believe the UK RAF also has some in service.

      It’s been operated with many of our allies on joint operations and sometimes with observers as they all knew that their AWACS fleets were in pretty desperate need to be replaced and were accessing it.

      It is by far the most capable platform of this type, and it’s a ready to go mature design that the countries looking to come on board have already been operating along side and supporting in real operations.