Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has repeatedly criticized the E-7 Wedgetail AWACS plane, claiming it is “not survivable in ...

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7 Wedgetail. A rendering of an E-7 Wedgetail in US Air Force service. USAF “The agreement ...

The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail for the U.S. Air Force receives a $900 million boost to $1.1 billion in the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations conference bill ...

The E-7 is considered a stop-gap measure; its missions will likely be shifted to space-based platforms in the 2030s, and the E-7 will lose its jobs to satellites much like the SR-71 did a generation ...

Air Force officials explained that the E-7 had been canceled to make room financially for other programs, since future space-based solutions are planned to be available down the line. This week, 16 ...

The back and forth in Washington regarding the reconciliation bill raises concerns for rural hospitals and Medicaid funding across the nation. Political Analysts Alex Cameron and Scott Mitchell ...

U.S. Senator James Lankford joined News 9’s Hot Seat this weekend to address two issues with major implications for Oklahoma: the future of the Wedgetail E-7 surveillance aircraft program at Tinker ...

There are many kinds of military airplanes in operation today, and some of the most spectacular aren’t even equipped to actively take part in battles. They are generically called airborne early ...

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft is prepared for a sortie during a Red Flag-Alaska exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2019. (2nd Lt. Mark Goss/Air Force) ...