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These planes are realiable and now come packed with better technology and lots more missiles. A late derivative of a mid-1970s platform, Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet isn’t a particularly innovative product. Why then, is the Air Force buying as many as 144 of these fighters? For one, they can carry loads of missiles. In a move that reportedly surprised even the Air Force, the Defense Department has procured 144 units of the F-15EX, an advanced F-15 variant. The decision was partly spurred by growth and logistics concerns, with Gen. James ‘Mike’ Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, tellin...

The Story of How F-15 Eagle Almost Joined the Navy The Air Force and Navy will only buy each other's aircraft if the politicians force them to do so. Key Point: Fortunately, in the end, the Air Force and the Navy got the fighters they wanted. Just not the same fighters. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a Dynamic Duo symbolized U.S. military airpower. The Air Force had its powerful F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter. But the Navy had the sophisticated swing-wing F-14 Tomcat, glamorized by the movie  Top Gun. Yet had events worked out differently, the aircraft that Tom Cruise flew could have...

America's airpower is being overworked and under-maintained.

Here is what might happen if the two planes ever fought. Key point: The J-20 and F-15J are both very advanced. However, the F-15J may be better in a close-quarters dogfight. As tensions between China and Japan have increased, there have been more encounters between Chinese and Japanese military aircraft. People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Su-27s have been spotted near Japanese aircraft in the East China Sea, prompting Japanese F-15s based in Okinawa to scramble. These encounters appear to be the new normal, and may continue for the foreseeable future—indeed, into a time when Chin...

This fighter promised to be revolutionary, so how did it fall short?