USAF Wants To Increase F-15EX Fleet, Accelerate F-35 Production

Brian Everstine March 13, 2023

The first F-15EX at Eglin AFB, Florida, in 2021.
 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force wants to increase its buy of Boeing F-15EXs above what was previously planned and boost interim production of the Lockheed Martin F-35A. In its fiscal 2024 budget request, unveiled March 13, the service is calling for 24 F-15EXs in fiscal 2024, and Secretary Frank Kendall says he...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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