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Addition Of Production Lines For F-15EX Eyed By USAF, MQ-9 Follow-On In Works

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Addition Of Production Lines For F-15EX Eyed By USAF, MQ-9 Follow-On In Works
Pictured is an Air National Guard photo of Chief of the National Guard Bureau Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus sitting in an F-15EX at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. with Air Force Lt. Col. Brandon Wigton, a pilot with the 123rd Fighter Squadron, after returning from a flight on April 30, 2025.

The U.S. Air Force is negotiating with Boeing [BA] a multi-year procurement buy for the company's F-15EX Eagle II and the possible opening of a second and third production line in St. Louis for the fighter, a top service official said on Tuesday. "There is ongoing conversation with Boeing to getting to [building] two [F-15EXs] a month," Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Cropsey told the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) airland panel on Tuesday in response to a question from…

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