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Air Force Acquisition Chief: Souped-Up F-15s Could Be Included in FY ’20 Budget

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, February 1st, 2019

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Air Force Acquisition Chief: Souped-Up F-15s Could Be Included in FY ’20 Budget

Boeing's F-15 Advanced Eagle, an upgraded version of the F-15E Strike Eagle. (Photo: Boeing)

The Air Force fiscal year 2020 budget could include new variants of Boeing’s [BA] F-15X fighter aircraft to replace aging F-15C Eagles, pending the final defense budget topline, the service’s top acquisition officer said Feb 1. Speaking at an Air Force Association event on Capitol Hill, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, service military deputy for acquisition, said the fourth-generation fighter fleet is aging out and the Air Force needs to decide a path forward to either upgrade its F-15Cs through a…

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