
A group of six former U.S. Air Force chiefs of staff and 13 other retired Air Force generals are urging Congress to fund Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace the Air Force's E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet and to increase the planned annual number of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As bought in fiscal 2026 from 24 to 75. In canceling the buy of up to 26 Wedgetails in the years ahead in favor of the development and fielding…