Wedgetail one option for USAF E-3 replacement

[Slater]

Not sure what other (relatively) near term options would be available. Unless something like a drone could be made to work.

 

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/air-force-priorities/2021/02/26/us-air-force-top-general-isnt-ready-to-buy-the-e-7-wedgetail-just-yet/

[Truro Model Builder]

The Wedgetail is the only 'available now' option, hence why the RAF went for it, and I can see why there are calls for the USAF to do the same.

 

I cannot see the USAF opting for an E-3 replacement without the usual rubbish: a big programme to see what else it can do, and can we combine it with this programme as well, and what else can we get it to do, oh and can it be built in this State please and look at how the costs have shot up in the meantime, oh it's been cancelled as a result and now we'll have something else instead and meanwhile the E-3s are costing lots and lots more money to keep flying.

 

Just buy the thing already and save the pain and heartache.

Edited March 1, 2021 by Truro Model Builder