Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "Sad Day As Sentry Aircraft Comes Home For Retirement" video.

  1. NATO itself runs more than a dozen in Europe, that would be the more likely port of call.
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  2. Other way round. Long sighted. Not caring about today for the sake of tomorrow.
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  3. E7 wedgetail. In service with Australia, more advanced radar.
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  4. The Navy will be bigger, the army will be smaller. Air force is up in the air.
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  5. It's from previous budgets being stretched. Without money for a future plan services lives were extended. Now there is a plan but to make it work kit needs cutting now.
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  6. Money. Although you might be able to run a plane longer it gets more expensive. Chances are buying an running E7s became cheaper than running E3s. The gap sounds like it because the crews are off trainng on the new aircraft.
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  7. The US armed forces as pretty skint, they have massive amounts of money but they do massive amounts of things.
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  8. It based on today being considered a low risk time period, so the point when the force comes together will be in a few years and will always be in a few years. More future potential for less present day. On sentry itself NATO runs about a dozen as well as individual NATO running more, its a pretty low risk area.
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