New F-15EX Jet’s First Flight Clears Path for Deliveries to U.S. Air Force Our Bureau 1857
F-15EX fighter s maiden flight
The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight today, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter.
In July, the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract to build the first lot of eight jets. Future plans call for as many as 144 aircraft.
The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport.
Boeing F-15EX Fighter Jet Completes Maiden Test Flight, Deliveries to U.S. Air Force Soon
The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight today, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter. The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport. Boeing F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese checked out the multirole jet’s avionics, advanced systems and software. A test team monitoring the data collected during the flight in real time confirmed that the aircraft performed as planned.
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.
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F-15EX First Flight Clears Path for Deliveries to U.S. Air Force
The new Boeing [NYSE: BA] F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight today, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter. The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport.
Boeing F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese checked out the multirole jet’s avionics, advanced systems and software. A test team monitoring the data collected during the flight in real time confirmed that the aircraft performed as planned.
Sundays in the field Templeton Hills Community Farm is hosting a one-year anniversary celebration on April 18 and is open for volunteers on Sundays at 930 Templeton Hills Road in Templeton. Visit the farm s Facebook page @grow.give.serve to learn more about what s growing and how and when to volunteer. Red wigglers squirm between brown leaves and green vegetable parts as Matt Giese lifts the lid of a wooden box on stilts. The worm composting bin s surface is alive with beings turning discarded organic material into nutrient-rich food for the rows at Templeton Hills Community Farm. Castings fall out of the bottom of the bin, ready to become the compost tea that Farm Manager Giese swears by.