E-7A Wedges

I-USAF iphethe i-E-3G Sentry ye-960th AASC kanye ne-E-7A Wedgetail ye-RAAF No. 2 izithombe ngoSepthemba 2019 eWilliamtown, e-Australia.

I-United States Air Force (USAF) icabanga ukusebenzisa indiza ye-Boeing E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) njengabalandeli bendiza yamanje i-Boeing E-3G Sentry (AWACS). Naphezu kwezinhlelo eziningi zokuthuthukisa, imikhumbi ye-E-3G ikhiqiza izindleko zokusebenza ezikhuphukayo futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ibonisa ukutholakala okuphansi. I-E-7A iyindlela eshibhile, esebenza kahle kakhulu futhi yesimanjemanje. Lezi zindiza zisebenza ngempumelelo yi-Australia, Republic of Korea kanye neTurkey. I-E-7A iphinde yathengwa yi-UK, eyayeka i-E-2021D (Sentry AEW.3) ngoJulayi 1.

NgoFebhuwari 2021, uGeneral Kenneth S. Wilsbach, Umkhuzi Wezempi Yasemoyeni Yase-United States ePacific (PACAF), waqala washo ukuthi kungenzeka kuthengwe ngokushesha i-E-7A ukuze kusekelwe imikhumbi egugile ye-E-3G Sentry. Ifakwe isevisi ngo-1972, i-E-3 iye yaba nenani lezinhlelo zesimanje futhi izinguqulo ze-E-3G Block 40/45 manje zenza iningi lemikhumbi. Ngokwezinhlelo ezisemthethweni ze-US Air Force, ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo, ama-E-3G kufanele asetshenziswe kuze kube okungenani u-2035. Kodwa-ke, lezi izindiza ezineminyaka engu-40 ubudala ezakhiwe ngesisekelo semodeli yabagibeli ye-Boeing 1977, engakaze ikhiqizwe kusukela ngo-707. I-Sentry isenazo izinjini ezidla uphethiloli, eziphelelwe yisikhathi ezingahlangabezani nanoma yiziphi izindinganiso zesimanje zemvelo, njengePratt. noWhitney TF33-PW-100A . Embuthweni Wasemoyeni, kuphela amabhomu abalulekile e-B-52H Stratofortress kanye nezindiza zokuhlola ze-E-8C JSTARS ezifakwe izinjini zalo mndeni. Kodwa-ke, akubanga isikhathi eside, njengoba uhlelo lokubuyisela imoto lwe-B-52H seluqalile, kanye nokuqedwa kwe-E-8C.

I-E-7A eyathwetshulwa ngomhla ka-14 Agasti 2014 e-Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson e-Alaska phakathi ne-Exercise Red Flag. Indiza ifakwe i-radar ye-electronic scanning ye-Northrop Grumman MESA.

Izinkinga ngokulungiswa kwezinjini ezingasasebenzi, uhlelo lukaphethiloli, igiya lokuhlala, ukugcina umoya we-fuselage ungangeni, ukugqwala kwesakhiwo se-airframe, kanye nezinkinga zokutholakala kwezingxenye eziyisipele ezingakhiqiziwe yizona zizathu ezinkulu zokungabi khona kokusebenza kwe-E- 3G. Ngo-2011-2019, lezi zindiza zehluleka njalo ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezincane mayelana nalokhu. Ngo-2019, isilinganiso sokulungela indiza (MCR) ye-E-3G, E-3B kanye ne-E-3C yaba ngamaphesenti angama-74, ngokombiko osemthethweni we-US Air Force. Kodwa-ke, ekusetshenzisweni kwansuku zonke, amandla e-E-3G okwenza imisebenzi yawo avame ukwehla aze afike ku-40%.

Njengamanje, i-US Air Force iqedela ukuthuthukiswa kwemikhumbi ezingeni elijwayelekile le-Block 40/45. Ngokuhambisanayo, kwenziwa izinhlelo zokuthuthukisa amakhabhinethi nezinhlelo zokuxhumana (bona ibha eseceleni). Ngo-2027, i-Air Force ilinganiselwa ukuthi izosebenzisa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3,4 kulawa maphrojekthi. Ngokombono wezezimali, lokhu akulona utshalomali olungcono kakhulu, njengoba isigaba sokuphuma kwe-E-3G sizoqala eminyakeni embalwa.

NgoSepthemba 2021, udaba lokuthengwa kwe-E-7A lwabuyela ezitatimendeni ezisemthethweni ze-US Air Force nasezitatimendeni zomyalo ophezulu. Kuke kwashiwo ukuthi uxhaso okungenzeka ukuthi luthengwe amakhophi okuqala selubekelwe isabelomali sonyaka wezimali ka-2023. NgoSepthemba 20, ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela ye-Air Force Association, uNobhala Wezempi Yasemoyeni wase-US uFrank Kendall uthe kunentshisekelo ethile ku-E-7A, enamakhono amahle ngempela futhi engaba usizo ku-US Air Force. Ngomhla ziyi-19 kuMfumfu wezi-2021, i-Air Force yayala i-Boeing ukuthi yenze ucwaningo lokuhlaziya amakhono e-E-7A ekucushweni kwayo okuyisisekelo futhi inqume ukuthi ungakanani umsebenzi nokuthuthukiswa okuzodingeka ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zamanje zoMbutho Wezempi. US Air Force. Kungabonakala emibhalweni ukuthi i-US Air Force inentshisekelo ezindabeni ezinjengokuthi: izinga lokuphepha kwe-cyber yezinhlelo ze-elekthronikhi ezisebhodini, i-Open Mission Systems (OMS), ikhono lokufaka i-MUOS evikelekile (I-Mobile User Objective System ) nokungavikeleki komsindo. uhlelo lokuhamba ngesathelayithi oluzinzile lwe-GPS M-Code.

I-Air Force iwazi kahle amakhono e-E-7A ngokusebenzisana njalo neRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ngesikhathi sokulwa kanye nokuzivocavoca okuhlangene. Abaqhubi be-radar baseMelika bavame ukundiza ama-E-7A ase-Australia ngesisekelo sokuhwebelana kwabasebenzi nokuqeqeshwa okuhlanganyelwe. Uma i-US Air Force inquma ukuthenga i-E-7A, umbuzo uhlala ukuthi zingaki izindiza okufanele zithengwe. Uma i-E-7A ishintsha ngokuphelele i-E-3, kuzodingeka okungenani ibe nama-25-26, okungama-20 kuwo alungele ukulwa njalo. Uma i-E-7A bekufanele isekele futhi igcwalise imikhumbi ye-E-3G, cishe bekuyokwanela ukuthenga amakhophi ambalwa. Ukukhiqizwa kwezindiza ezintsha ezingu-25 noma ukulungiswa kabusha kwezindiza ezisetshenzisiwe kungathatha iminyaka eminingana. Noma ngabe uxhaso lohlelo luqala ngonyaka wezimali ka-2023, ama-E-7A okuqala ngeke asebenze kuze kube ngu-2025-2026. Lokhu kusho ukuthi okungenani ekuqaleni, okungukuthi, ekupheleni kweminyaka eyishumi yesibili yekhulu lesi-3, i-US Air Force izophoqeleka ukuthi isebenzise indiza exubile ye-E-7G ne-E-XNUMXA.