In 1965, the USAF initiated the Fighter Experimental (FX) program to replace the venerable F-4 Phantom; the F-15 Eagle’s development resulted from this. The FX program would likely have started ...

The Air Force plans to have the F-15EX accompany fifth-generation aircraft to benefit from their improved sensors.

Service: USAF Armament: 20mm cannon; 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder; 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM; 8x AIM-120 AMRAAM Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners Speed: 1,875 ...

One of the most impressive fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force's inventory was the F-15 Eagle. For a while, it was the F-15 and F-16 Falcon at the center of the branch's aerial strategy.

the most advanced Eagle ever built. Having been cleared by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a much-needed upgrade for the aging F-15 (the plane was originally made in the early 1970s), the F-15EX will ...

or 8,200 kgs)! Much has been made of the mind-blowingly unmatched 104:0 air-to-air kill ratio of the F-15 Eagle series. However, only one of those 104 kills was obtained by the F-15E, and ...

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — While F-15C Eagles fly high securing US CENTCOM's skies, US Air Force maintainers ... and refueling of the Eagle is known as an integrated ...

Developed by Boeing, the F-15EX Eagle II is the latest edition in the F-15 family of fighter jets ... the aging F-15C/D fighters in the U.S. Air Force. The F-15EX Eagle II has a much larger ...

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE ... success of this test expands that to 15 JDAMs," said Maj. Andrew Swanson, F-15E Weapons System Officer, 85th TES. "Strike Eagle can now carry enough JDAMs for an active ...

upgraded version of the base F-15 Eagle for its air force. The U.S. Air Force saw the capabilities of the F-15QA and decided to commission a version for its own uses: the F-15EX. The newest ...