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Air Force F-15 Fleet Testing New Electronic Warfare System

Air Force F-15 Fleet Testing New Electronic Warfare System
An F-15E Eagle is suspended from the ceiling at the Benefield Anechoic Facility during its first phase of testing of the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 8, 2019. A testing phase began recently and is currently under way. (Air Force photo by Ethan “Evac” Wagner)

The Air Force has begun a new phase of testing its F-15E Eagle fleet with its future electronic warfare sensor suite at Edwards Air Force Base, California, the service said April 14. The F-15Es in testing are outfitted with the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) radar, in a collaborative effort among the F-15 System Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; the 96th Test Wing’s 46th Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida; the 412th Test Wing’s 412th Electronic Warfare…

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