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By Jill Pickett, AEDC/PA / Published May 03, 2021 Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) are launched from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB. Four of the bombs were dropped during the second flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard on February 19th. (Courtesy photo) Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) hang from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing...

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 dev...

Everything You Need To Know About The Delivery Of The First F-15EX To The U.S. Air Force Last Week Everything You Need To Know About The Delivery Of The First F-15EX To The U.S. Air Force Last Week The F-15EX, the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft, arrives to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) About a month after its first flight, the F-15EX arrived at Eglin Air Force Base escorted by its older siblings F-15C and F-15E. The first F-15EX arrived at...

US Air Force/Samuel King Jr A month after its first flight, the Air Forces first F-15EX arrived at Eglin Air Force Base, escorted by an F-15C and F-15E. The F-15EX is seen as a cost-effective and expedient solution to refresh the F‑15C/D fleet and to augment the F-15E fleet. The first F-15EX arrived at Eglin Air Force Base (Florida), escorted by its two older siblings, the F-15C Eagle and the F-15E Strike Eagle, on March 11, 2021, a day after the US Air Force off...

The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. March 10 at the company’s St. Louis facility., News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions

Boeing Delivers First F-15EX Jet to U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. on March 10, 2021 at the company’s St. Louis facility.,

The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. March 10 at the company's St. Louis facility. The new fighter is a two-seat...

7 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Members from 926th Wing’s 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron conduct Force Development Evaluations of multiple systems on the F-16, Dec. 6-18, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The geographically separated unit from Eglin AFB, Florida, partnered with the Nellis AFB 706th Fighter Squadron to support the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group. Original plans for the exercise involved a larger group of Eglin AFB Citizen Airmen, along with their aircraft, ...