How the F-15 Jet Is Adjusting to the 21st Century
Next-generation warfare equipment, such as advanced electronic warfare, active electronically scanned array radar, ultra-high-speed computer processing, and more, are being introduced.
The Air Force’s first F-15EX Eagle II aircraft will take to the sky as part of a fast-tracked effort to integrate the new jet into the force and bring its new technologies into the service’s fast-emerging mesh networking of combat nodes in multi-domain warfare.
The newly upgraded jet, first delivered to the Air Force earlier this year, will introduce a sphere of next-generation types of technical applications to include advanced electronic warfare, active electronically scanned array radar, ultra-high-speed computer processing as well as a number of additional adaptations intended to support future combat operations.
The New F-15EX Has Been Officially Named “Eagle II”
The New F-15EX Has Been Officially Named “Eagle II”
Lt. Col. Richard Turner, 40th Flight Test Squadron commander, and Lt. Col. Jacob Lindaman, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, deliver the first F-15EX to its new home, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 11 March, 2021. The 40th FLTS took possession of EX1 and the 85th TES will own EX2 upon its arrival. Squadron aircrews and testers will work together to complete the combined developmental and operational testing simultaneously. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John McRell)
The name for the newest aircraft of the U.S. Air Force has been announced today during the official rollout ceremony: F-15EX “Eagle II”.
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F-15EX no. 1 performs a “Viking” take-off to kick-start the type’s test campaign. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing has flown the first example of the new F-15EX Eagle fighter. The 90-minute flight on February 2 was conducted by F-15 chief test pilot Matt Giese from the company’s plant at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri.
The sortie began with a “Viking” near-vertical climb-out, and went on to check out the aircraft’s new systems and software, with data being relayed in real-time to a test team on the ground. The aircraft performed as planned. The F-15EX’s first flight comes nearly five decades after the original F-15A Eagle took to the skies for the first time on July 27, 1972.