If only they had “one more dollar,” Air Force leaders would add personnel and upgrade and replace weapons. Responding to a question Sept. 17 during AFA’s Air & Space Conference in Washington, D.C., Air Force uniformed leaders highlighted the service’s shortage of people and equipment woes. Read their responses in One More Dollar.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.