June 30, 2020
Fact: The World's Best F-15s Don't Serve in the U.S. Air Force
The QEAF will be acquiring 36 of the new F-15QA fighters, which will be delivered beginning next year in a contract worth $6.2 billion.
by Peter Suciu
Here's What You Need To Remember: The F-15 Qatar Advanced (F-15QA) is the latest upgrade to a time-tested platform and it incorporates 21st-century technology.
The United States Air Force is currently eyeing a fighter currently being developed by the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), but yet it is one that it already knows quite well—it is the F-15, a fourth-generation multi-role fighter that first entered service in 1976.
Given that the Air Force has the F-22 and F-35; one might question why it would be interested in a fighter that was developed during the Vietnam War and which entered service when Gerald Ford was President. The F-15 Qatar Advanced (F-15QA) is the latest upgrade to a time-tested platform and it incorporates 21st-century technology.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/fact-worlds-best-f-15s-dont-serve-us-air-force-163745
