Proposed E-7 Cut Reflects Budget Limit, Not Capability: USAF Official

Boeing rendering of E-7A.

Boeing rendering of E-7A.

Credit: Boeing
LONDON—The “tough decision” to cut the U.S. Air Force’s planned E-7A Wedgetail fleet did not come down to the aircraft not being effective. Rather, it was simply a balancing act for funding as the service looks to different ways to conduct the air-moving target indication mission, Chief of Staff Gen...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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