Pentagon budget 2020: DoD eyes buying 144 total F-15EXs over time | Jane's 360

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Pentagon budget 2020: DoD eyes buying 144 total F-15EXs over time | Jane's 360: Pat Host, Washington, DC - Jane's Defence Weekly - 12 March 2019

Key Points

• The US Air Force plans to buy eight F-15EX aircraft in FY 2020
• The service wants to buy 144 F-15EXs over time to help lower its average fighter aircraft age

The Pentagon wants to buy eight Boeing F-15EX fighters in fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) as part of a planned buy of 144 total aircraft over an unspecified number of years to refresh the F-15C/D and F-15E fleet, according to the Pentagon's FY 2020 budget request.

The Department of Defense is requesting USD1.1 billion for F-15EX procurement in FY 2020 while requesting USD949 million for F-15 upgrades. The US Air Force (USAF), in FY 2020, would continue the F-15E radar modernisation programme (RMP) and the F-15C/D radar upgrade programme through FY 2021.


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