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'There's nothing like it': The Air Force's newest fighter looks exactly like a 1970s F-15. Almost everything inside it is new

Park the Air Force's newest fighter beside one built in the 1980s and you cannot tell them apart. That is exactly the ...
19FortyFive on MSNOpinion

The US Navy almost bought an aircraft carrier version of the F-15 instead of the F-14. One missile killed the idea

The F-15N Sea Eagle was faster, nimbler, and cheaper to run than the Tomcat. It couldn't carry the one weapon the Navy ...
The National Interest

The A-10 Is Almost Certainly Retiring in 2030. Could the F-15 or F-35 Replace It?

Both the F-35 and the upgraded F-15s are excellent strike aircraft in their own right. But can either plane do everything that the A-10 Warthog can? After many years of back-and-forth over the ...
Flightglobal

Latest F-15EX acquisition plan would move Boeing to full-rate production

The US Air Force’s most recent funding request covers the purchase of 24 F-15EX fighters in both 2027 and 2028, meeting Boeing’s near-term goal of increasing production to two aircraft monthly. The US ...
Defense One

F-35, F-15 may take A-10’s combat-search-and-rescue role: USAF chief

F-15 Eagles and F-35 Lightning II fighters may take on future combat search and rescue missions, as the Air Force aims to retire the last A-10 Thunderbolt IIs by 2030, service officials told lawmakers ...
Wall Street Journal

How Much Does an F-15 Jet Fighter Cost?

The three U.S. F-15 jet fighters mistakenly shot down in Kuwait come at a steep price. The F-15E Strike Eagle model, which the U.S. said was involved in the incident, costs $31.1 million, according to ...