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Second F-15EX Fighter Jet Deployed at Eglin Air Force Base for Testing 1 May 2021, 7:16 UTC · by 15 photos This second airplane is part of a small fleet of eight expected to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) this year, and part of a large, 200-units strong Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract assigned to Boeing by the military branch in July last year. The F-15EX represents a major evolution of one of America’s most famous and long-lived fighter jets. The version ha...

By Craig Hoyle2021-04-26T10:32:00+01:00 The US Air Force’s second Boeing F-15EX Eagle II fighter arrived at Eglin AFB in Florida on 20 April, ahead of the service launching operational test and evaluation work on the new model. Source: US Air Force Second test aircraft arrived at Eglin AFB on 20 April Boeing notes that the aircraft’s transfer from its St Louis final assembly line in Missouri was “earlier than the contract requirement”. A first example had arrived at Eglin AFB in March...

Boeing The US Air Force has taken early delivery of a second F-15EX fighter jet, opening the way to beginning full-scale flight testing of the latest F-15 variant being built by a Boeing-led industry team for the Air Force and the Air National Guard. Developed in a collaboration between industry, the US Air Force, and the Air National Guard, the F-15EX is intended to replace the venerable F-15C variant, which was introduced in 1979 as an improved single-seat, all-weather, air-superiority fighte...

Boeing has formally handed over the second F-15EX next-generation fighter aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF) on ahead of schedule.

On Tuesday, a Boeing-led industry team [NYSE: BA] officially delivered a second F-15EX fighter aircraft to the U.S. Air Force earlier than the contract...

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Not that long ago, Boeing was asked to create of an improved version of the F-15 strike fighter. Last week, the new version of the aircraft, dubbed F-15EX, completed its first successful test flight at the Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri.

By JIM THOMPSON | The Walton Sun | Published: February 6, 2021 EGLIN AFB (Tribune News Service) — The latest version of the venerable F-15, a fighter jet that first flew in 1972, had a successful first flight Tuesday, and will be on its way to Eglin Air Force Base within a matter of weeks for additional testing and evaluation. The first F-15EX built by the Boeing aerospace company took off from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and returned there 90 minutes later to land. During the f...

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While the F-15EX was in the air, a test team on the ground collected data from the aircraft in real time. That team "confirmed that the aircraft performed as planned," according to a Boeing news release. “Today’s successful flight proves the jet’s safety and readiness to join our nation’s fighter fleet,” Prat Kumar, Boeings F-15 program manager, said in the news release. The successful first flight showed that the F-15EX is "capable of incorporating the latest advanced (electronic) ...