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Apr 08, 2021 10:56 AM EDT
(Photo : U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers/wikipedia) Capt. Matt Bruckner, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, at Langley Air Force Base, Va., flies a combat air patrol mission 7 October 2007 over Washington, D.C., in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The aircraft is a McDonnell Douglas F-15C-35-MC Eagle (s/n 83-0026).
The United States Air Force calls the new F-15EX Fighter it recently got the Eagle II. It was named such after it was unveiled in a ceremony.
Eagle II takes flight.
The new F-15EX Fighter had a ceremony at the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where the first delivered unit is under test and evaluation. Present during the ceremonies were Lt. Gen. Mike Loh, Air National Guard director, and Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson, military deputy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Leanne Caret, presid
The Boeing-made fighter completed its maiden flight at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri, in February.
Following the successful flight, the Air Force accepted the first F-15EX at Eglin March 10; the second is expected to arrive this month. The remaining six aircraft should be delivered in fiscal 2023, according to the service.
Last year, the Air Force awarded Boeing an estimated $1.2 billion contract to build the multirole F-15EX fighter, using the same design as the F-15, but incorporating modernized electronics and technology.
The contract covers eight jets, including initial design; development, test and certification; spare parts and support equipment; training and technical data; and delivery and sustainment costs.
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Theresa Hitchens on April 07, 2021 at 1:37 PM
F-15EX Eagle II naming ceremony at Eglin AFB April 7, 2021
WASHINGTON: The Air Force, somewhat anti-climatically, has named its new F-15EX fighter the Eagle II, Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson, military deputy to the service’s acquisition czar, announced today.
The Air National Guard will be the first to receive an operational aircraft, said director Lt. Gen. Mike Loh at today’s unveiling ceremony at Eglin AFB in Florida. Loh said that the F 15C now used by the Guard “quite frankly, … at the end of its lifecycle.” Therefore, the service plans to “recapitalize all Air National Guard, F-15 Cs and DS with either the F-35 A or the F-15EX.”
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