Boeing's New F-15EX

[Bhurki]

As I’ve posted before and will post again we’d have between 400-500 F-22s by now..........

"But then we wouldn't have B-21 by next year" - Gates

 

[trose213]

30-40 million a bird.

Holmes:

View: https://youtu.be/7du-vfIWl2A?t=2814


auto-transcript (slightly cleaned up):

The f-15c is a prime example of that the airplane has structural problems that will require replacement
of major structural members the launcher on that run lengthwise in the airplane followed by the wings being replaced and
then followed by bulkheads on the center fuselage which means it'd be better to buy a new airplane than to try to work
through those repairs that's important walk through we originally budgeted approximately a million per plane after
the knowledge that came through long structural what does that take the number up to well so the the the exact
number will depend on the time that you. go after but that million per plane was based on fuselage longerons and as
you add the wings and the fuselage into it the initial estimates we dealt with we're in the tens of millions per
airplane I think as we work with the prime contractor now you can get that number probably down around 10 million
or so per airplane but that's in a estimation you don't really know until you open the airplanes up

F-22 Restart Study:

View attachment 639315

That's just for the fuselage.

 

[marauder2048]

30-40 million a bird.

Holmes:

View: https://youtu.be/7du-vfIWl2A?t=2814


auto-transcript (slightly cleaned up):

The f-15c is a prime example of that the airplane has structural problems that will require replacement
of major structural members the launcher on that run lengthwise in the airplane followed by the wings being replaced and
then followed by bulkheads on the center fuselage which means it'd be better to buy a new airplane than to try to work
through those repairs that's important walk through we originally budgeted approximately a million per plane after
the knowledge that came through long structural what does that take the number up to well so the the the exact
number will depend on the time that you. go after but that million per plane was based on fuselage longerons and as
you add the wings and the fuselage into it the initial estimates we dealt with we're in the tens of millions per
airplane I think as we work with the prime contractor now you can get that number probably down around 10 million
or so per airplane but that's in a estimation you don't really know until you open the airplanes up

F-22 Restart Study:

View attachment 639315

That's just for the fuselage.

He says wings and fuselage. And per the FY19 budget, that R&D included the new wing.

 

[marauder2048]

This is awkward.

About the F-15EX replacing the F-15C on a 1:1 basis....

Air Force announces Guard locations for F-35A, F-15EX

The Air Force plans to replace the Air National Guard’s aging F-15C Eagles in Florida and Oregon with the service’s newest air superiority aircraft.
Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, will begin receiving F-35 Lightning IIs in 2024;

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Dis...e-announces-guard-locations-for-f-35a-f-15ex/

 

[bobbymike]

AFMC: Air Force Not Bound to 144 F-15EXs - Air Force Magazine

AFMC said USAF doesn’t have to buy all 144 F-15EXs covered by last month's major contract award and can end the program simply by not ordering any others.

www.airforcemag.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

I rather wonder about that...

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306213115315597312

View: https://twitter.com/GEAviation/status/1306213115315597312

GE Aviation delivers first F110 engines to power USAF’s F-15EX | GE Aviation

www.geaviation.com

 

[Helix88]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306213115315597312

View: https://twitter.com/GEAviation/status/1306213115315597312

GE Aviation delivers first F110 engines to power USAF’s F-15EX | GE Aviation

www.geaviation.com

It’s nice to see the eagle finally have some turkey feathers, neat.