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Saturday, August 02, 2008

RAF to keep full fleet of AWACS

The UK Royal Air Force has decided against mothballing two of its seven Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft (AWACS), and will instead look to cut costs and hours flown by reducing the number of aircrews assigned to the type.

According to John Parker, who as whole-life support team director for Northrop Grumman is based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, along with the aircraft, the air force has decided that mothballing aircraft was a more expensive option.

Northrop in 2005 was awarded a 20-year, £529 million ($1.06 billion) support and maintenance contract for the E-3D (one pictured above, during last month's Waddington air show), including spares but excluding engines, auxiliary power units and mission software.

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