SecDef says previous calls to cancel the program reflected a now-discarded ”divest-to-invest mindset.”
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7 Wedgetail takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 11, 2021. U.S. Air Force / Airman Trevor Bell
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The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail…
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