Boeing and U.S. Air Force Sign Deal for the New F-15EX
Coup de bol pour Boeing que l'USAF ait justement besoin en ce moment d'un chasseur qui fonctionne. Merci qui ?The new Eagles will refresh the aging F-15C fleet and will complement the F-35.
The Department of the Air Force and Boeing signed a deal worth USD 1.2 billion for the first lot of eight F-15EX jets that will be delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to be thoroughly tested before starting to replace the oldest F-15Cs and F-15Ds in the U.S. Air Force fleet.
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The new F-15EX, developed from the F-15QA that is currently the most advanced Eagle variant, comes from a series of needs mainly emerged after the National Defense Strategy directed the U.S. armed services to adapt to the new threats from China and Russia. The most burdensome requirement is the need for the Air Force to add 74 new squadrons to the current 312 squadrons, reaching a total of 386 by 2030. This obviously means more aircraft.