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The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one as with the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry.
Apr 26, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Air Force announced Tuesday it will replace part of the E-3 Sentry, or Airborne Warning and Control System, fleet with Boeing E-7 Wedgetails.
- Stephen Losey
Mar 1, 2023 · The E-7, which the service hopes to first field in fiscal 2027, is a modernized battlefield management aircraft originally developed for the Royal Australian Air Force and dubbed the...
- Stephen Losey
Apr 27, 2022 · The US Air Force (USAF) has selected Boeing’s E-7 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft as the replacement for the E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. The decision will see a portion of the E-3 fleet being replaced with the E-7 aircraft.
May 16, 2023 · The new E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Warning and Control System ‘AWACS’ replacement. The U.S. Air Force is beginning to replace its aging fleet of E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft that revolutionized air-to-air combat. By Terry Lloyd.
- Terry Lloyd
Mar 1, 2023 · The U.S. Air Force will replace the E-3 Sentry with the E-7 Wedgetail. The planes, equipped with massive radar arrays, are designed to detect enemy aircraft and manage aerial battles....
Nov 15, 2023 · NATO had decided to replace its fleet of 14 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft with six new E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, after a consortium of Allies approved this...
