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The Air Force rolled out its F-15EX fighter on Wednesday, officially giving it a name.
The service has said it will buy at least 144 Eagle II jets to replace the aging fleet of F-15C/Ds.
The Air Force received its first F-15EX a little over a month after the aircraft s inaugural flight.
The Air Force officially rolled out its newest fighter jet on Wednesday at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where the service finally announced its name.
The F-15EX will be called the Eagle II, following the naming tradition of the F-15C Eagle and the F-15E Strike Eagle.
F-15C (Eagle), and now soon to be F-15EX.”
The latest iteration of the F-15 Eagle Mission Design Series, the F-15EX features an increased payload capacity, fly-by-wire controls, a digital cockpit, modernized sensors, radars and electronic warfare capabilities.
Edwards notes the long service life of the F-15EX airframe–20,000 flight hours. “That’s a long time, about double the service the life of an F-15C,” Edwards said. “Not only is the airframe designed to last for a long time, the F-15EX also has an ‘open mission system’ which allows the computer and avionics software to be more adaptable and more easily updated in the future. This adaptability is key, as we know that technology is continuing to accelerate.”
The first F-15EX completed its initial flight in St. Louis Feb. 2. The fighter jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri.,
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