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Old May 29th 09, 11:15 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Robert Sveinson
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Default E-2D and Maritime Security


"guy" wrote in message
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On 29 May, 03:44, hcobb wrote:
On May 28, 7:28 pm, Mike wrote:

E-2D and Maritime Securityhttp://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/857.pdf


Navies of the world which have the ships to operate such aircraft:
One.

Pity the Brits don't get this.

-HJC


Er, except for a brief interlude (late 70s early 80s) the RN has had
AWACS since just after WW2

Guy


I seem to remember that in late 1944, or early
1945 the RAF were developing,
an AWACS type of system, so that
the bombers could go deep into Germany.