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Air Force

USAF Doubles F-15EX Request in Fiscal 2023, Reduces F-35 Buy

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 28th, 2022

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USAF Doubles F-15EX Request in Fiscal 2023, Reduces F-35 Buy

Two F-15EX fighters sit on the ramp at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska last May (U.S. Air Force Photo)

To accelerate the replacement of F-15C/Ds nearing the end of their service lives, the U.S. Air Force fiscal 2023 budget requests nearly $2.7 billion for 24 Boeing [BA] F-15EXs--double the number sought last year, while the service curtails its planned buy of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As from more than $5 billion sought for 48 planes in fiscal 2022 to about $4.5 billion for 33 F-35As in fiscal 2023. Air Force officials said in a pre-budget release briefing at the Pentagon…

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