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Boeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

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Boeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron taxis to take off from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. on Jan. 11 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Boeing [BA] has begun modifying two F-15E Strike Eagles with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is also to go on the U.S. Air Force's F-15EX Eagle II fighters, the company said on July 21. Boeing said that the Air Force plans to equip 43 of the service's F-15Es with EPAWSS, which a Boeing/BAE Systems team supplies. That number would seem to indicate a ratcheting back of Air Force plans for F-15E EPAWSS upgrades, as the…

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