In June 2025, the U.S. Secretary of Defense issued an order to abruptly terminate the Air Force’s long-awaited E-7 “Wedge Tail” early warning aircraft project, citing “uncontrollable costs and outdated technology” as the reasons. However, within just one month, the situation took a dramatic turn: 13 retired four-star generals jointly submitted a petition to Congress, and the House Armed Services Committee urgently allocated an additional $600 million to keep the project alive, effectively pulling the E-7 back from the brink of cancellation and reinserting it into the budget proposal.