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$200 Million Congressional E-7A Add Last Year Will Not Accelerate First Fielding, But Funding Fiscal 2024 E-7A Wish List Would, U.S. Air Force Says

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$200 Million Congressional E-7A Add Last Year Will Not Accelerate First Fielding, But Funding Fiscal 2024 E-7A Wish List Would, U.S. Air Force Says
U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force aircraft fly in formation on Dec. 8, 2022, near the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, during the Pacific Edge 23 exercise. The formation included F-35 Lightning IIs from the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force; a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail; a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon; and a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, the Air Force said (U.S. Air National Guard Photo)

While the U.S. Air Force has said that a $200 million add last year for the Boeing [BA] E-7A Wedgetail will not accelerate first fielding of the aircraft, the service says that Congress could push up fielding of aircraft from one in fiscal 2029 to two in fiscal 2028, if lawmakers appropriate $596 million for Wedgetail procurement in the service's fiscal 2024 wish list. Congressional appropriators' $200 million plus up last year accelerates "critical contractor hiring and initiation of engineering…

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