The Air Force wants to amend the fiscal year 2027 budget request to fund the E-7A Wedgetail program with about $1.5 billion, service Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers today, officially reversing attempts to end the effort. “We’re putting through a budget amendment in the, I think it’s in the ballpark of $1.5 billion that’s working its way through the system right now to come to the Hill,” Meink told the House Armed Services Committee. “That’ll fund ‘27, and then when...