Recent content by Maxman1

Are there any theories on why it lacks a fin?

Your information is about 20 years out of date. People haven't been arrested for just simple possession in decades, long before Trudeau came around. Possession is normally used as one of several charges as a "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" and as a plea deal, and as a discreet...

Will it include the trucks or are we mounting them on our own vehicle like uparmoured Macks?

There's always the Leopard 2A8, CV90, BvS10, and so on.

Just like with Bosnia in the 90s.

The issue was the assertion he was "court martialed and kicked out".

HASC isn't the one holding up the process. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/05/hasc-still-waiting-updated-e-7-wedgetail-funding-request/413774/ "HASC said it would add the E-7 funding once they received the amendment. A White House Office Management and Budget spokesperson told Defense...

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-asking-for-1-5b-to-fund-e-7-in-2027/ https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/05/05/us-air-force-expands-e-7-wedgetail-order-to-seven-aircraft/ Cancelling it was just Hegseth "knowing better" and insisting satellites and E-2 Hawkeyes could do the same thing.

If I had to guess:

Was he the kid whose father turned out to be a people smuggler and was never trying to come to Canada?

I think you missed this part: wanted on removal orders

Perhaps the build could be spread out to other yards like Heddle.

Yes. Command staff are officers and we infamously have no shortage of them, and the E-7 is on the Boeing 737, meaning it would be a shared qualification with the incoming P-8, so even if the AEW&C squadron was short of flight crews, we could easily get replacements on short notice.