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The US Air Force’s New Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Has Two Problems and It Has Nothing to Do with China or Russia

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The Air Force went from 129 F-15EX Eagle IIs to 267 this year, more than doubling a program built around a fourth-generation airframe at the exact moment the service was supposed to be moving to fifth-generation stealth. The jets will replace F-15E Strike Eagles that the F-35 was meant to replace. A Pentagon assessment now warns the larger buy raises costs, deepens the technology demands and risks a major reset, because some components will no l…

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Key takeaways The U.S. Air Force has begun modernizing its air force capabilities in the Indo-Pacific with the departure of the first F-15EX Eagle II from the Boeing factory in St. Louis. This aircraft is destined for Kadena Air Base in Japan, although it is first going to the Portland Air National Guard Base in Oregon […]

Boeing has delivered the 22nd F-15EX Eagle II to the U.S. Air Force. It is the first aircraft destined for Kadena Air Base, Japan, home to the 18th Wing’s 67th Fighter Squadron. The aircraft (“22-0022”) is the first of Lot 3, and rolled off Boeing’s St. Louis facility on 28 […] The article Boeing: 22 F-15EX Eagle II Deliveries Continue – Video appeared first on FLIGHT.

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19FortyFive broke the news in Frederick, United States on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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