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…