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NATO+OTAN's Boeing E-3A Sentry LX-N90452 caught making several overshoots at RAF Mildenhall before returning to Geilenkirchen

 

Using call-sign 'NATO 40' the 'AWACS' Sentry' is based on the Boeing 707-300 airliner airframe

 

Operated by the USAF, RAF, French Air Force and Saudi Arabia, NATO acquired eighteen from early 1982 and after various upgrades, they intend to keep fourteen operational until 2035

 

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