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Air Force

Win In South Korea Would Extend F-15 Line By Three Years, Boeing Exec Says

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013

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ST LOUIS--If Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle wins South Korea’s competition to supply the next fighter jet, it would extend the production line for the aircraft by three years and into the 2020s, a company executive recently said. Boeing is currently building F-15s for Saudi Arabia and is offering a version of the aircraft designed to be partially stealthy and carry conformal fuel tanks and external weapons pods. Boeing's F-15 Strike Eagles. Photo by U.S. Air Force Steve Winkler, Boeing’s director…

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Congress

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