AFMC: Air Force Not Bound to 144 F-15EXs
Aug. 21, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force doesn’t have to buy all 144 Boeing F-15EX aircraft covered by last month’s major contract award and can terminate the program simply by not ordering any more of the jets, according to Air Force Materiel Command.
In response to a series of email queries from Air Force Magazine about whether USAF has any off ramps to buying 144 F-15EXs over the next 15 years—especially given that the service is also buying fifth-generation F-35s and will soon start buying the even more advanced Next-Generation Air Dominance airplane—AFMC noted that the nearly $23 billion contract awarded to Boeing is of the “indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity†type. It said USAF has not entered into an agreement to buy all the planes the contract could potentially cover. The $1.2 billion actually spent in the July 13 contract covers just the first eight test aircraft and development.
https://www.airforcemag.com/afmc-air-force-not-bound-to-144-f-15exs/
