Unable To Accelerate First E-7, USAF Looks For Other Time-Savers

Rendering of a U.S. Air Force E-7.
 

Credit: Boeing
The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) and has received increased funding to do so, though that has not played out and now the service is asking for more funding to speed it up in a different way...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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