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  2. Boeing F-15EX Eagle II - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.The aircraft resulted from the U.S. Department of Defense's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE) study in 2018 to recapitalize the aging F-15C/D fleet due to inadequate numbers of F-22s, delays in the F-35 program, and maintaining diversity in the U ...

  3. McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was introduced by the USAF to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs.Unlike the F-4, the F-15 was designed for air superiority with little consideration for a ground-attack role; the F-15 Special Project Office opposed the idea of F-15s performing interdiction, giving rise to the phrase "Not a pound for air to ground."

  4. List of active United States Air Force aircraft - Wikipedia

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    F-15EX Eagle II: United States multirole 8 (operationals) As of January 2024: 104(Maximum number of aircraft planned for deployment) F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States multirole F-16C: 726 726 F-16C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 418 F-16C - Active. 258 F-16C - Air National Guard. 50 F-16C - Reserve. 708 F-16C operational ...

  5. US Air Force's new F-15EX fighter aircraft finally has a name

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    The Air Force rolled out its new F-15EX fighter jet and announced the name, which is closely related to the plane's predecessors. US Air Force's new F-15EX fighter aircraft finally has a name Skip ...

  6. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - Wikipedia

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    The USAF had planned to replace all of its air superiority F-15A/B/C/D with the F-22 Raptor by the 2010s, but the severely reduced procurement pushed the F-15C/D retirement to 2026 and forced the service to supplement the F-22 with an advanced Eagle variant, the F-15EX, in order to retain an adequate number of air superiority fighters. The F-15 ...

  7. Boeing's F-15EX with 'digital backbone' completes its first ...

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    This week, Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet successfully completed its first-ever test flight. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  8. McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft used for the project was pre-production TF-15A (F-15B) No. 1 (USAF S/N 71-0290), the first two-seat F-15 Eagle built by McDonnell Douglas (out of 2 prototypes [2]), the sixth F-15 off the assembly line, and was the oldest F-15 flying up to its retirement. It was also used as the avionics testbed for the F-15E Strike Eagle program. [3]

  9. The US Air Force's newest fighter jet just fired off a ... - AOL

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    An F-15EX Eagle II successfully fired off an air-to-air missile in pursuit of a target drone while flying over the Gulf of Mexico. The US Air Force's newest fighter jet just fired off a missile ...