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Ventral fin

Q: how does the ventral fin contribute to the aerodynamics of the aircraft?

A: The ventral fins stabilise the airframe due to the addition of the MESA RADAR.

The ventral fins also house a HF antenna. There's 3 HF's installed.

Requested move

Rename: In light of the fact that Turkey and now South Korea have purchased the 737 AEW&C, I'd like to rename the page as Boeing 737 AEW&C. Wedgetail is the project name for the Australian aircraft, and is not used by the other customers. 737 AEW&C is the name by which Boeing refers to the type [1]. - BillCJ 08:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds reasonable. --Nick Dowling 09:38, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename done (as Boeing 737 AEW&C) Mark83 00:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I may be mistanken, but I think Boeing has renamed the type again since 2006. It now refers to the type as Boeing E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) - ref [2] . It therefore could be considered to rename the article once again. Yosh3000 (talk) 15:09, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wedgetails running two years late

November 24, 2006 AUSTRALIA'S Wedgetail surveillance aircraft are running two years late and might need a redesign of key components to get them to work properly, Defence has revealed.

Speaking after a two-week visit to Boeing in the United States, Air Vice Marshal Chris Deeble, program manager for the Wedgetail program, expressed confidence that Boeing and its sub-contractors would get it right eventually.

Air Vice Marshal Deeble said final details of a delivery schedule were still to be worked out but on current estimates the first aircraft would now arrive early in 2009.

More

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20813437-31037,00.html

Surveillance radius

Is the (projected) surveillance range of this system the same or even better as those on B707 and B767 aircrafts? 84.173.207.138 (talk) 22:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metric conversion error

The wingspan listed in this article is "117 ft 2 in (34.3 m)". If I'm calculating correctly 117 ft 2 in is not 34.3 m. If anybody happens to know the correct wingspan, do us a favor and fix that line. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.108.16 (talk) 09:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Boeing E-7 Wedgetail/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Has refs/pics/stats, but not a very good intro and history.

Last edited at 21:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 09:58, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Renaming article

The web page name is a bit odd. For other military aircraft, the web page most often includes the official military designation for the airplane type ("E-7" in this particular case). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.135.203 (talk) 17:08, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 January 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Move to Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (non-admin closure) Acebulf ^{(talk | contribs)} 10:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Boeing 737 AEW&C → Boeing E-7 AEW&C – Boeing refers to the aircraft as 'Boeing E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C)' - ref https://www.boeing.com/defense/e-7-airborne-early-warning-and-control/ Yosh3000 (talk) 10:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Aviation has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:35, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Military history has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:36, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Support per nom. While there are many reliable sources that use the "737 AEW&C" name, there are more that use "E-7", so the latter is the WP:COMMONNAME as well as the WP:OFFICIALNAME. Rosbif73 (talk)
For clarity and based on subsequent discussions, support either Boeing E-7 Wedgetail or simply Boeing E-7. Rosbif73 (talk) 16:35, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Boeing E-7 Wedgetail per nom. My only concern is that some editors may try to add this aircraft to lists of US Tri-Service designations due to its similar format, as they did with the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat. As far as I am aware, no Tri-Service designation has been officially assigned to the E-7 yet. - ZLEA _T\^C 15:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alternative move, if at all. The name now coming into increasing use is the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. This article is going to end up there soon enough. I wouldn't waste time arguing whether an intermediate name might predominate for a few weeks. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 17:39, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~Boring~~ Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Overdue. Schierbecker (talk) 17:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Boring -> Boeing right? -Fnlayson (talk) 18:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oops, autocorrect. Boeing is not boring. Schierbecker (talk) 22:41, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - It is boring to watch how often the Senator for Washington State acts as the Senator for Boeing. Buckshot06 (talk) 07:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support either "Boeing E-7 AEW&C" or "Boeing E-7 Wedgetail". Regards -Fnlayson (talk) 18:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support either Boeing E-7 Wedgetail or simply Boeing E-7. Oppose Boeing E-7 AEW&C. RPC7778 (talk) 16:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the record I think that both Boeing E-7 Wedgetail or simply Boeing E-7 are better than Boeing E-7 AEW&C. The proposed Boeing E-7 AEW&C was just selected to rename from the old official name to the new one. (Ref WP:OFFICIALNAME ). Best regards.

Yosh3000 (talk) 22:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.