here's why Russia wants the US Air Force to buy the f-15e ax fighter
f-15e ex leverages more than five billion dollars in technology investments over the past decade to
bring the u.s. air force the world's most modern variant of the undefeated at fifteen complimenting
other aircraft the f15 DX enhances the air combat capabilities of the fleet to ensure
the u.s. remains ahead of current and emerging threats the advanced eagle will have unmatched
weapons station capacity with twenty nine thousand five hundred pounds of a payload supported by
12 certified air-to-air hardpoints and fifteen certified air-to-ground hardpoints the advanced
f-15 will carry the full array of air-to-air air-to-ground and maritime strike weapons the
aircraft can engage a multitude of targets on any given mission the advanced f-15s design
architecture facilitates affordable low-risk integration of new weapons a fully integrated
electronic warfare suite provides a full spectrum of protection and enables dominant engagement of
new and emerging threats the f-15e acts will be able to survive modern integrated air defense
systems and seamlessly communicate with other sensors to deliver automated IR countermeasures
for enhanced survivability özil added that new more powerful twin engines provide the f-15e acts
with unrivaled speed and acceleration capabilities allowing the pilot to get to the target faster
21st century cockpit provides real-time access to Battlefield information and enhances the
pilots understanding of the environment to reduce workload speed decision-making and enhance mission
management the f-15e acts to receive display core processor - the world's fastest mission
computer wealth capable of processing 87 billion instructions per second of computing throughput
translating into faster and more reliable mission processing capability for aircrew last month the
US Air Force will build the nearly 166 billion dollar budget request for fiscal 2020 includes
plans to buy eight new f-15e ax fighter aircraft to replace the aging at fifteen C and D fund this
budget also adds one point 1 billion dollars to purchase 8 of 15 X's to begin to replace aging
f-15 disease the debate continues over the Pentagon's proposal to buy the new active GE
X Eagle fighters from Boeing it's a compliment Lockheed Martin made f-35 stealth fighters as
lawmakers weigh the military's request Air Force magazine has published an infographic comparing
the two fighters both fighters cost roughly 80 million dollars apiece accordingly Air
Force but the similarity ends there we have 35 is stealthier but the f-15 flies higher farther and
faster and carries more weaponry a russian-made s400 air defense system could detect an f-35 at
20 miles air force estimated it could pick up an f-15e X at 200 miles away well at f-35 can
carry 22,000 pounds of munitions to a ceiling of 50,000 feet and a distance of 670 miles at a top
speed of Mach 1.6 the f-15e X can all 29,000 pounds of weapons as high as 60,000 feet and
as far as 1,100 miles at a top speed of Mach 2.5 an f-35 cost $35,000 per hour to operate
an f-15e x cost 27,000 dollars per hour the new eagles main advantage however is that existing
f-15 squadrons quickly and cheaply can convert to the type air forces John Turpin explained
the f-15e x USAF argues is essentially an in production aircraft it has upwards
of 70% parts commonality with the f-15 C and E already in USAF service and can use almost all
the same ground equipment hangars simulators and other support gear as the Eagles now in service
at a unit price roughly comparable to that of the f-35 f-15 squadrons could transition to the
f-15e acts in a matter of weeks whereas converting pilots maintainer z' facilities and equipment to
the f-35 takes many months the Defense Department compelled the Air Force to request 8f 15 exas as
part of the flying branches 2020 budget request the eight planes would cost 1.2 billion dollars
the Air Force reportedly would buy another 136 at 15 P axis through the mid-2020s the new Eagles
would replace 1980s vintage at 15 C's in some or all of the nine squadrons that fly the older
type mostly for patrols over the United States the f-15e acts boast better sensors and avionics
then the f-15c has and can carry more weapons than the older eagle can do owing to worsening
metal fatigue the old f-15cs won't make it to 2030 Air Force Major General David crumb the services
director of strategic plans and requirements told tur pack and fellow Air Force magazine reporter
Brian ever steam critics of the f-15e X includes some experts as well as lawmakers and districts
that heavily depend on Boeing rival Lockheed the Air Force for 2020 is asked to purchase 48
stealthy at 35 s from Lockheed that's far short of the 80 to 100 f-35s the Air Force wants to buy
every year but says it can't afford Air Force chief of staff general David Goldfein told US
military news that buying f-15e axes would not impact the services planned acquisition of more
than 1700 f-35s they complement to each other Goldfein said they each make each other better
but non stealthy f-15s are able to survive against the threats of biggest concern in our national
defense strategy david Deptula a retired Air Force general and former at-15 pilot who is now the Dean
of the Mitchell Institute for aerospace studies in Virginia wrote in a February 11 2019 op-ed for
Forbes China and Russia are radically advancing their military capabilities that threaten US
strategic preeminence there are some in the department of defense who are advocating that
the Air Force purchased new versions of legacy fighters as a means of achieving cost efficiency
aircraft that were designed in the 1960s and first started rolling off production lines in the 1970s
trying to adopt aircraft that belong in museums to warfare in the 21st century is a mistake
while the Air Force is adamant that buying f-15e X's will not reduce the
requirement to build 1763 f-35s history and the air force's own budget request
suggests otherwise sure Peck noted the 2020 budget submission shows the Air
Force buying 24 fewer f-35s over the next five years compared to last year's plan
well that was why Russia wants the US Air Force to buy the f-15 he acts
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