Air Force F-15EX Fighter Program

Abstract

In FY2020, the Trump Administration proposed to buy eight F-15EX aircraft for $1.1 billion, the first installment toward a planned initial buy of 144 planes. Subsequently, Congress authorized $985.5 million and appropriated $1.05 billion for the program. The Administration's FY2021 budget requests $1.27 billion for 12 more F-15EXs; the plan set forth in FY2020 had called for 18 in FY2021. This acquisition represents a change from previous Air Force plans to procure only stealthy "fifth-generation" fighter aircraft. What is an F-15EX, and why might the Air Force have changed plans?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 2020
Accession Number
AD1170000

Entities

People

  • Jeremiah Gertler

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Air Superiority Fighters
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Aviation
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.