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As USAF Plans F-15E Divestment, Service Cuts EPAWSS Buy By 30 Percent

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, April 26th, 2023

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As USAF Plans F-15E Divestment, Service Cuts EPAWSS Buy By 30 Percent

An F-15E Strike Eagle, deployed to the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, prepares for takeoff on Dec. 30, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A U.S. Air Force plan to divest more than 100 Boeing [BA] F-15E Strike Eagles in the coming years would mean a cut of nearly one-third to the service's buy of BAE Systems' Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS). Last year, the Air Force had planned to install EPAWSS on 217 F-15Es and 80 F-15EXs. The Air Force's fiscal 2024 budget increases the planned overall buy of F-15EXs through fiscal 2025 to 104--all of which are to have…

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