Maintenance and Modifications
Boeing Begins JASDF E-767 Upgrade Work
Improving the E-767s is part of an overhaul for Japan’s air surveillance fleet that also includes new-generation Hawkeyes.
E-767 74-2503 taxis in at Lackland AFB before entering the Kelly Field Annex rework facility. (Photo: Boeing Defense via Twitter)
E-767 74-2503 taxis in at Lackland AFB before entering the Kelly Field Annex rework facility. (Photo: Boeing Defense via Twitter)

On August 12 the first of four Japanese Boeing E-767 airborne early warning aircraft arrived in Texas to undergo a systems upgrade. The work is covered by a Foreign Military Sales contract that was announced in February 2018.

Managed by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, the upgrade provides an improved mission computer and other systems to the four E-767s and their associated ground equipment. Work is being conducted at the Kelly Field Annex, formerly the San Antonio Air Logistics Center, at Lackland AFB and is due to be completed by the end of 2022.