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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 24, 2017, 09:12:46 am
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Are the F-15 Eagle's days numbered? Top generals say maybe
By: Stephen Losey, March 22, 2017
The Air Force is considering retiring its F-15 C and D fighter aircraft and replacing them with F-16s.
In a House Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, subcommittee chairman Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., asked Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, about plans to retire its 236 F-15 C and D Eagle fighters as a cost-saving measure, and filling their role with F-16 Fighting Falcons. Rice confirmed that was under consideration.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/are-the-f-15-eagles-days-numbered
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...The F-15 C and D, which entered the Air Force's inventory in 1979,...
...There was no discussion of the F-15E Strike Eagle....
Important distinction.