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House Defense Appropriators Reject Cancellation of USAF E-7

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, June 12th, 2025

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House Defense Appropriators Reject Cancellation of USAF E-7

Pictured is an E-3 AWACS pilot conducting preflight checks during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 at Nellis AFB, Nev. last Aug. 8 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

House defense appropriators propose $500 million in fiscal 2026 for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] and turn back the Trump administration's bid to cancel the plane as a successor to the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). The House Appropriations Committee's defense panel, in its version of a fiscal 2026 defense bill, said that "the committee firmly believes that a combination of air and space assets for mission sets such as…

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