ISRAELI AIR
FORCE TO REPLACE ITS LEGACY F-15s WITH NEW, MORE ADVANCED EAGLEs
By Dario
Leone - Mar 10 2017
According to
Globes, Israel is likely to place an order with Boeing for a squadron of F-15s.
Israeli Air
Force (IAF) in fact would like to replace its fleet of legacy F-15s with a more
advanced variant of the fighter. The new Eagles, besides having an advanced
active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, would feature advanced attack
capabilities and a crew of two members.
Globes also
claims that the aircraft will be more advanced than those sold to Saudi Arabia
and Qatar.
Noteworthy
even if the first F-15 performed its maiden flight almost 45 years ago, the
fighter has been constantly upgraded and the new Eagles will be very different
aircraft than those received by Israel towards the end of the 1970s.
As reported
by Globes former senior IAF officers told that the service future squadrons
cannot rely on only one type of combat plane (the F-35), hence the need for new
F-15s.
Actually IAF
needs enough aircraft to equip two squadrons and after cabinet approval to
procure new airplanes is obtained a decision will be made on whether buying
more F-35s or F-15s.
Moreover IAF
is searching for a new transportation helicopter to replace its fleet of ageing
CH-53s. For this reason Israel Ministry of Defense asked the US Department of
Defense for information about CH-53K and CH-47F helicopters: currently the
difference in price between Lockheed Martin’s helicopter and that of Boeing is
estimated at one third, but the fate of the purchase (as that for the possible F-15s
purchase) will depend on U.S. government attitude which could try to influence
the volume and price of both deals.
Original
post: theaviationgeekclub.com
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