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I did read somewhere ( can't remember but wasn't that long ago) that they were considering more aircraft to replace the earlier f-15e's with the less powerful 220e engines.
Boeing Unveils New Stealthy F-15
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The F-15EX has made its maiden flight. Apparently all went well. The first two aircraft are due to be delivered to the USAF by the end of March.
A USAF F-15EX taking off in Japan, is well suited to carry the AGM-183 ARRW; and be its launch platform. The response time to target within the 1st island chain would be very short.
Who would have imagined that more US$5 billion would be invested, from the F-15K (61), to the F-15SG (40) to the F-15SA (84 new and 68 F-15S aircraft upgraded to the new standard), to the F-15QA (48), to improve this 4.5 gen fighter leading to the F-15EX, as a low risk American choice to buy?
Stephen Kosiak, a long-time budget commentator, has argued that these trends [shrinking inventories and aging fleets] arise from deliberate choices: “[H]istorical trends in the US military’s force structure and modernization plans are largely the result of policy and programmatic choices made by DOD and service leadership. Contrary to widely held belief . . . the size and shape of today’s forces are not simply a byproduct of budgetary or other pressures beyond DOD’s control.”
This ends the USAF’s procurement holiday (starting in the late-1990s for 4.5 gen aircraft), because it had planned to move directly to an all fifth-generation force fleet. This all fifth-generation plan collapsed; when the F-22A buy was curtailed at 187 aircraft by Robert Gates.The F-15EX has made its maiden flight. Apparently all went well. The first two aircraft are due to be delivered to the USAF by the end of March.
Who would have imagined that more US$5 billion would be invested, from the F-15K (61), to the F-15SG (40) to the F-15SA (84 new and 68 F-15S aircraft upgraded to the new standard), to the F-15QA (48), to improve this 4.5 gen fighter leading to the F-15EX, as a low risk American choice to buy?
Stephen Kosiak, a long-time budget commentator, has argued that these trends [shrinking inventories and aging fleets] arise from deliberate choices: “[H]istorical trends in the US military’s force structure and modernization plans are largely the result of policy and programmatic choices made by DOD and service leadership. Contrary to widely held belief . . . the size and shape of today’s forces are not simply a byproduct of budgetary or other pressures beyond DOD’s control.”
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