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    F-15EX Takes Flight

    That would be a much more expensive addition, and the entire point of the F-15EX is that it's a low-cost, zero-risk upgrade.
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    F-15EX Takes Flight

    Yep, and the first operational F-15EX squadron will be converting to 2023. I'll try to get pictures for everyone.
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    F-15EX Takes Flight

    The primary production tooling for the F-22 was placed in storage at the Sierra Army Depot. There was a bunch of concern that it had been destroyed in 2009 when it could not be located, but an official audit of the Depot has confirmed that the tooling is present and intact. It was simply not...
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    F-15EX Takes Flight

    It won't fit. The F-15 is made for 118 cm diameter engines; the F-22's F119 engines are 120 cm. 2 cm doesn't sound like a huge difference, but it would require a complete redesign of the engine bays. The F-15EX *does* use General Electric F110 engines rather than the inferior Pratt & Whitney...
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