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

The E-3 Sentry is afflicted by acute parts and maintenance issues as the Boeing 707 aircraft it is based on ceased production 30 years ago. Nearly three months after the fuselage of the U.S. Air ...

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 ...

The Air Force included $227 million in RDT&E funds for an E-3 replacement in its FY23 budget request. The funds will be used to procure a prototype, which the Air Force says will be delivered in 2027.

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 ...