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US Air Force/Samuel King Jr A month after its first flight, the Air Force's 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 officially accepted the aircraft at Boeing's St. Louis facility.

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

The newest Eagle has landed.

F-35 Stealth Fighter vs. F-15EX: Why the F-35 Has One Big Advantage The F-35 JSF is built to take on great power competitors like Russia or China who operate advanced air defense systems. The F-15EX, despite all the hype, can't say that.  The most advanced and rapidly emerging Russian and Chinese-built air defenses are now much more likely to operate with an ability to detect even stealth aircraft to some degree, an emerging reality that continues to present something of a predicament for U.S. weapons developers seeking to preserve air supremacy against major power rivals. Russian media clai...

Rushing Boeing's F-15EX Fighter Into the Sky Could be A Big Mistake The Trump administration had proposed to buy eight of the highly upgraded and modernized F-15EX for $1.1 billion last September, the first of an installment toward a planned initial purchase of 144 aircraft. This week it was reported that the Boeing F-15EX will not be required to go through key survivability tests, as the Office of the Secretary of Defense has waived such tests and in turn could save $108 million and reduce the testing schedule by at least a full year. According to Inside Defense, based on obtained Pentagon...