
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force’s two senior leaders made clear Feb. 28 that the decision to procure a new variant of Boeing’s [BA] F-15 fighter jet is tied to increasing aircraft quantities, while continuing to buy more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters within the budget constraints the service has today. The Air Force’s initial fiscal year 2020 budget proposal “did not include additional fourth-generation aircraft,” Secretary Heather Wilson said at a Thursday media roundtable at the Air Force Association’s Air…