Watch the Air Force's Brand New F-15 Make Its First Flight
But don’t call it a comeback. It’s been here for years.
By Kyle Mizokami
Feb 3, 2021
Boeing Defense
The U.S. Air Force’s first new F-15 fighter jet in more than 20 years has flown for the first time.
The F-15EX is one of at least 144 new built fighters.
The F-15 Eagle airframe could fly up to 80 years—or more—in Air Force service.
The U.S. Air Force gets new planes all the time, but the new fighter that triumphantly took off from Boeing's airfield in St. Louis on its inaugural flight yesterday was decidedly a different breed. The jet was the F-15E-X, the Air Force's first new F-15 Eagle in nearly 20 years.
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