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Air Force Considering Options to Keep Fighter Inventory Up

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Four F-15E Strike Eagles fly in formation Aug. 17, 2018, at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wis., during the Northern Lightning 18-2 exercise. Northern Lightning is one of seven Air National Guard joint accredited exercises held at a Combat Readiness Training Center and provides tailored, cost-effective and realistic combat training for participating units in a joint and multinational environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mary E. Greenwood)

The Air Force is examining ways to keep its fighter jet inventory up as it moves into the 2020s, the service’s number-two civilian said Friday. But it remains to be seen whether funding for a new and improved Boeing [BA]-made F-15 will appear in the next budget. Air Force Undersecretary Matt Donovan declined to confirm whether the Air Force’s forthcoming FY ’20 presidential budget request would contain funds to procure the F-15X ahead of the document’s release, currently scheduled for…

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