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Now We Know Who’s Getting The U.S. Air Force’s Factory-Fresh F-15EXs
David AxeContributor
Aerospace & Defense
The U.S. Air Force has announced the squadrons that will be first to receive new F-15EX Eagle fighters. A pair of Air National Guard squadrons in Oregon—one a training unit, the other a front-line air-superiority squadron—will convert to the new super-Eagle by 2023.
The announcement reveals the Air Force’s strategy for replacing its weary F-15Cs, which are more than 35 years old on average and increasingly expensive to maintain. Some of the Air National Guard units flying F-15Cs will convert to the F-15EX. Others will replace their vintage Eagles with new F-35 stealth fighters.
Left unsaid in the Air Force’s announcement is the service’s plan for replacing F-15Cs in the active-duty force, including at the service’s Pacific super-base in Okinawa.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/08/16/now-we-know-whos-getting-the-us-air-forces-factory-fresh-f-15exs/#7190b2ca1e6e
