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After selecting the Boeing 737-based E-7 Wedgetail in 2023 to replace the E-3 Sentry, the group of nations leading the procurement of NATO’s next airborne early warning aircraft have now reversed ...

Comments made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings have cast severe doubts on the future of the U.S. Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetails. On Jun. 10, ...

The USAF has decided to buy up to 26 E-7As from Boeing, similar to this E-7 Wedgetail from the Royal Australian Air Force, to replace its fleet of aging E-3 Sentry aircraft. (Boeing Australia) Defense ...

Nearly 20 retired Air Force general officers urged Congress to reverse the Pentagon's plans to slash the Air Force's purchase of F-35A fighters, and cancel the E-7 Wedgetail program. (Staff Sgt.

SEATTLE — Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail is caught in a political tug-of-war. The twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft is built on the Renton, Washington-made 737 NG airframe and then ...