
Boeing's [BA] first two F-15EX fighters are participating in the joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Northern Edge 21 exercise over Alaska less than two months after the company delivered the first jet to the U.S. Air Force. Boeing delivered its first F-15EXs to Eglin AFB, Fla. for testing on March 11 and a second on Apr. 20–a delivery that the company said came “earlier than the contract requirement" (Defense Daily, Apr. 21). Northern Edge is to test the F-15EX's interoperability with…