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The First F-15EX Received U.S. Air Force Camouflage And Markings The First F-15EX Received U.S. Air Force Camouflage And Markings The first F-15EX landing at the end of its first flight after being painted with the USAF camouflage. If you look closely, you can see that the pilot is flying with a folded US flag in the cockpit. (Photo: Alex Farwell/vikingaeroimages) The F-15EX was photographed during its first flight after receiving the classic F-15C/D camouflage and the 40th Flight Test Squadron insignias. Few weeks after its maiden flight, the first F-15EX received its U.S. Air Force camoufla...

State sets land sale for new National Guard readiness center in Redmond One piece of larger project, years in the making, with years to go REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- After years of discussion and collaboration between the city of Redmond, Deschutes County and the Oregon Military Department, another state agency will be meeting to approve the sale of 20 state-owned acres for a new National Guard readiness center in Redmond. A proposal to approve the sale of 20 acres in Redmond for $1.66 million to the Oregon Military Department is on the agenda of next Tuesday's virtual state Land Board meeting. ...

The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The F-15EX AF 20-0001 photographed immediately after the  landing gear retraction during the takeoff. (Photo: @vikingaeroimages) The new advanced F-15EX Eagles will replace the older F-15Cs that have long surpassed their expected service-life estimates. The first new F-15EX built for the U.S. Air Force took the skies for the first time today from Boeing’s plant at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. The aircraft,...

. (These proposals subsequently failed.) The net difference between those two views is well over $150 billion dollars in a single year. In an ideal world, the defense budget debate would be fact-based and informed. Of course, no one should be under any illusion that final defense budgets spring fully formed from dispassionate strategic analyses. The last word on defense spending always results from the clash of strategic thought and the reigning political environment. In the United States, such quarrels go back to the birth of the nation. George Washington did not just fight the British. He ...

Defense analysts say each military service will likely be forced to make some difficult choices that have been put off for years because Pentagon spending is expected to plateau or even be cut in the post-Trump, post-COVID-19 era.