The U.S. Air Force would lose two squadrons of Boeing [BA] F-15C/D air superiority fighters if Congress enacts the service’s fiscal 2022 budget plan.
The Air Force plans to reduce its F-15C/Ds by 48 next fiscal year from 234 to 186. The latter is the same number of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 stealth fighters that the service has.
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The Air Force request could face particularly strong congressional headwinds, given that one of two possible replacements for the F-15C/D, the Boeing F-15EX, is not rolling off the production line in sufficient numbers to take up the slack. By the end of fiscal 2022, the Air Force budget says that it will have, as now, just two F-15EXs in service. The F-15EXs are in testing at Eglin AFB, Fla.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)
U.S. Air Force and Hellenic Air Force personnel join together at the conclusion of exercise Astral Knight, May 21, 2021. The 48th Fighter Wing trained with military forces from Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, and Slovenia as well as U.S. units from around European Command enhancing the readiness, strength and cohesion of these alliances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)Two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles assigned to the 493th Fighter Squadron taxi after a sortie during exercise Astral Knight 21 at Larissa Air Base, Greece, May 20, 2021. The 48th Fighter Wing trained with military forces from Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, and Slovenia as well as U.S. units from around European Command enhancing the readiness, strength and cohesion of these alliances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle assigned to the 493th Fighter Squadron parks after a sortie during exercise Astral Knight 21 at Larissa Air Base, Greece, May 21, 2021. Astral Knight is a multinational, integrated air and missile defense exercise conducted in the Adriatic Region of Europe designed to enhance interoperability between the U.S. and its NATO allies in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)
An F-15 from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, conducts aerial refueling operations above the skies of Northern California, May 14. The aircraft participated in the Northern Edge 21 exercise in Alaska earlier in May. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)
An F-15 from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, conducts aerial refueling operations above the skies of Northern California, May 14. The aircraft participated in the Northern Edge 21 exercise in Alaska earlier in May. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)
Aircraft 85-125 is the first F-15C Eagle at the 104th Fighter Wing to hit 10,000 flight hours. Lt. Col. John ‘Rocket’ Koegel flew the sortie on May 11, 2021 out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield Massachusetts that pushed the ‘odometer’ past 10,000 flight hours. (U.S Air National Guard Photos by Master Sgt. Lindsey S. Watson)
Aircraft 85-125 is the first F-15C Eagle at the 104th Fighter Wing to hit 10,000 flight hours. Lt. Col. John ‘Rocket’ Koegel flew the sortie on May 11, 2021 out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield Massachusetts that pushed the ‘odometer’ past 10,000 flight hours. (U.S Air National Guard Photos by Master Sgt. Lindsey S. Watson)
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