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By THOMAS GNAU | Dayton Daily News | Published: February 3, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight Tuesday, and the Air Force expects the first two of the planes in weeks. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel and local contractors are part of the team overseeing and developing the new jet, which took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight, Boeing reported. "A test team monitoring the data collected during the flight in real time confirmed that the aircraft performed a...

Boeing F-15EX Fighter Jet Completes Maiden Test Flight, Deliveries to U.S. Air Force Soon The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight today, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter. The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport. Boeing F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese checked out the multirole jet’s avionics, advanced systems and software. A test team monitoring the data collected during the flight in real time confirmed...

F-15EX no. 1 performs a “Viking” take-off to kick-start the type’s test campaign. (Photo: Boeing) Boeing has flown the first example of the new F-15EX Eagle fighter. The 90-minute flight on February 2 was conducted by F-15 chief test pilot Matt Giese from the company’s plant at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri. The sortie began with a “Viking” near-vertical climb-out, and went on to check out the aircraft’s new systems and software, with data being relayed in real-time to a test team on the ground. The aircraft performed as planned. The F-15EX’s first flight comes nearly...

Date Time F-15EX First Flight Clears Path for Deliveries to U.S. Air Force The new Boeing [NYSE: BA] F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight today, paving the way for the early delivery of the first two jets to the U.S. Air Force later this quarter. The jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight before returning to the airport. Boeing F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese checked out the multirole jet’s avionics, advanced systems and software. A test team monitoring the data collected during the flight in real time confirmed tha...