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[–] senseamidmadness@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Looked it up and yeah, it really cannot be replaced. The last E-3 airframe rolled off the Boeing line 30 years ago. I doubt anybody still working there touched one.

The proposed, modernized replacement AWACS aircraft had its contract canceled last year around the time of the DOGE hatchet job and there are only two extant prototypes with no concrete plans for further production.