In broad strategic terms, the E-7 cancellation signals a pivot towards a more decentralized and resilient command and control ...

The program is however gradually shaping up at a time when the U.S Air Force and other Allied operators are grappling with keeping their own E-3 Sentry fleet operational, plagued by serviceability ...

E-3 Sentry pilots assigned to the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron conduct "touch and go" training at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 31, 2021.

The US Air Force (USAF) is pondering replacing its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft and the commander of the Pacific Air Forces wants the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail.

Air Force officials say the E-7 must replace its aging E-3 AWACS planes and would be needed even when space-based ISR capabilities are in orbit.

[Editor’s Note: More profiles of major military aircraft programs are available to Aviation Week Intelligence Network subscribers at awin.aviationweek.com.] The E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and ...

The E-7 was originally developed in the 1990s for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as the E-7A Wedgetail. Based on the Boeing 737 commercial airliner, its most obvious difference from the E-3 ...

The U.S. Air Force has decided to buy a fleet of 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 airborne ...

The U.S. Air Force will replace its half-century-old E-3 Sentry aircraft with the new E-7 Wedgetail. The plane fills the crucial role of providing early warning and command and control to air ...

On Apr. 6, 2023, the USAF retired its first E-3, the airframe 75-0560 assigned to the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma – the same base that received the first E-3 Sentry on Mar ...