
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…