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HASC Wants Report on USAF AMTI and Battle Management Requirements Before Allowing Full Service Request for AWACS Retirement

HASC Wants Report on USAF AMTI and Battle Management Requirements Before Allowing Full Service Request for AWACS Retirement
The Royal Australian Air Force said that it deployed an E-7A Wedgetail in April to the United States to take part in Exercise Pacific Edge 21 in Hawaii (Royal Australian Air Force)

The House Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill would prohibit the U.S. Air Force from divesting five of 15 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft until the service presents a requirements assessment and an acquisition plan for the aircraft's designated replacement, the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. The Air Force's fiscal 2023 budget request asks Congress to permit the retirement of 15 of the service's 31 AWACS planes to save operations and maintenance…

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