EX’s arrival signals a significant shift in US airpower, pairing cutting-edge upgrades with familiar systems to boost ...

As the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan—the self-ruled island that China has threatened to take by force—the Pentagon plans to ...

The United States is stepping up its military presence in the Indo-Pacific with the arrival of F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets ...

The F-15EX represents the pinnacle of the Eagle family equipped with next-gen radar, electronic warfare suites, and missile ...

Two F-15EXs of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are conducting integration and familiarization training with local units ...

In a significant milestone for U.S. airpower modernization in the Indo-Pacific, two F-15EX Eagle II aircraft from the 85th ...

A Senate advanced a spending bill that includes $20 million in funding for infrastructure upgrades at Selfridge Air National ...

As nifty as the F-15EX Eagle II may be, it is still fundamentally a fourth-generation-plus bird rather than a fifth-generation one.

Boeing estimates that an F-15EX will cost roughly $80 million; meanwhile, last year’s F-35 contract between Lockheed and the Pentagon sets the cost of a conventional-takeoff-and-landing F-35A at ...

F-15EX aircraft would have improved capability over the F-15Cs, though they will never have the capabilities of stealth platforms offered by fifth-generation systems like F-35As. Additionally, ...

The F-15EX is eventually expected to take part in Red Flag exercises in the future. “For a new platform, we’ve made an incredible amount of progress in a short period of time,” said Myers.

The F-15EX’s CPFH was recently estimated to be $27,000 REF by the Defense Department’s Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)—the same office that pushed the Air Force to ...