Air Force officials make case for F-15X buy while confirming they didn't ask for it

By Courtney Albon / March 7, 2019 at 10:13 AM
Air Force officials recently confirmed that the service's original fiscal year 2020 budget submission did not request funding to buy new F-15X aircraft, while also claiming that buying the fourth-generation aircraft may be the most cost-effective way to boost the service's fighter inventory in the near term. The Air Force is in the midst of a broad force structure planning and analysis process and is on track to submit a report to Congress this month -- along with two other...

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