Air Force Plans to Ditch BACN Jets for Satellite Communications
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May 7, 2026
The Air Force’s BACN may be cooked—the service plans to retire its entire E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node fleet in fiscal 2028 and equip aircraft to use satellite communications instead.
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