British Wedgetail To Be Converted From Chinese BBJ

Wedgetail
E-7 Wedgetail.
Credit: Boeing
LONDON–One of the Royal Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft will be converted from a 737 previously flown by a Chinese operator. The aircraft, a Boeing Business Jet variant of the 737-700, serial number 38633, has been identified as one of two secondhand airframes that will...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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