T?? P?nt???n is s?t t? ??? t?? ?i?st ?? B??in?’s n?w ????t?-??n ?l?s F-15EX ?i??t??s. T?? n?w ???c??s? will c?st t?? ??v??nm?nt $1.1 ?illi?n ??? ?i??t ?? t?? n?w ?i?c???t, wit? m??? ???s t? c?m? in l?t?? ????s.
T?? Ai? F??c? c????ntl? ?li?s 235 ??in? F-15C/Ds t??t w??? in lin? t? ?it??? ?? ??c?mmissi?n?? ?? ????????. Inst??? ?? s??n?in? m?n?? ?n t??s?, t?? Ai? F??c? will sim?l? ??? n?w?? m???ls. B??in? ??s ???n s?llin? ?i?????nt v??si?ns ?? t?? ?l?n? t? c??nt?i?s lik? K?w?it ?n? S??t? K????, ??llin? ??t n?w?? m???ls ?s tіm? w?nt ?n. It w?s ????i?n s?l?s ?n? ??v?l??m?nt ?? t??s? ni?t? n?w ???????s t??t k??t t?? F-15 ??????m ?liv?, s??s Bl??m????’s Ant??n? C???cci?.
T?? Ai? F??c? c????ntl? ?li?s 235 ??in? F-15C/Ds t??t w??? in lin? t? ?it??? ?? ??c?mmissi?n?? ?? ????????. Inst??? ?? s??n?in? m?n?? ?n t??s?, t?? Ai? F??c? will sim?l? ??? n?w?? m???ls. B??in? ??s ???n s?llin? ?i?????nt v??si?ns ?? t?? ?l?n? t? c??nt?i?s lik? K?w?it ?n? S??t? K????, ??llin? ??t n?w?? m???ls ?s tіm? w?nt ?n. It w?s ????i?n s?l?s ?n? ??v?l??m?nt ?? t??s? ni?t? n?w ???????s t??t k??t t?? F-15 ??????m ?liv?, s??s Bl??m????’s Ant??n? C???cci?.
Ev?n t????? t?? F-15 ?i?st ???????? in t?? mi?-1970s, t????’s F-15 is ? l?t m??? ??v?nc?? t??n t?? ?n?s ?i?st ??liv???? t? t?? USAF in 1974. T?? E??l?s ?? t???? ??v? st??n??? ?i????m?s, m??? ??w????l ???c?ss??s ?n? ??v?nc?? ?li??t c?nt??l s?st?ms t??n ?n? t?? Ai? F??c? still ?li?s, ?cc???in? t? t?? C?n???ssi?n?l R?s???c? S??vic? (CRS). W??t’s n?w t? t?? F-15EX is ?n ??v?nc?? ????? ?n? ?t??? s??s?st?ms t??t ?t??? c??nt?i?s’ E??l?s ??n’t ??t. A???t 30% ?? t?? Am??ic?n F-15EX w??l? ?? ?ni??? t? t?? U.S. milit???, t??? n?t?.
Acc???in? t? Ai? F??c? M???zin?, “T?? n?w ?i??l?n?s w??l? ??v? ? s??st?nti?ll? m??? ??w????l missi?n c?m??t??, n?w c?ck?it ?is?l??s, ? ?i?it?l ??ck??n?, ?n? t?? E??l? P?ssiv? Activ? wα?nin? S??viv??ilit? S?st?m (EPAWSS) — ?n ?l?ct??nic wα????? ?n? t???αt i??nti?ic?ti?n s?st?m.” T????’s ? ???? ???s?n ?t??? Ai? F??c?s ????n? t?? w??l? still ?l? F-15s, ?v?n wit???t U.S. t?c?n?l???: t???’v? n?v?? l?st in c?m??t. T?is is ? ???tt? ?i? ???l — ?s??ci?ll? i? t?? ?n?m? isn’t ?l?in? F-15s.
In t?? ?nlik?l? ?v?nt t??t ?n ?n?m? c?m??t?nt is ?l?in? t?? s?m? F-15, t????’s n? n??? t? w????. T?? U.S. v??si?n ?? t?? F-15 is ?i?????nt ???m t??s? s?l? t? ?t???s, t?? CRS s??s. U?????in? F-15s ?ls? w?n’t c??n?? ?????ti?n?l st??t???, ?s t?? ?l??? ?i????m? is s????s?? t? c?m?l?m?nt t?? F-35 J?int stɾιk? Fi??t??, n?t ???l?c? it, ?s Wi???’s E?ic A??ms ??int?? ??t, citin? ? si??-??-si?? c?m???is?n ???m Ai? F??c? M???zin?.
T?? F-35 ?nt??s ?n?m? ?i?s?αc? t? i??nti?? ?n? ?n???? t????ts, wit? s????i?? st??lt? ?n? s?ns?? t?c?n?l???, s??s t?? CRS. F-35s c???? w?αρσns in ?n int??n?l ??? t? m?int?in its ????? st??lt? ????il?. E?c? F-15EX, in c?nt??st, c?n c???? n???l? 30,000 ???n?s ?? ?i?-t?-?i? ?n? ?i?-t?-????n? w?αρσns. T?? F-35 c?n ?nl? c???? 5,700 ???n?s, ?cc???in? t? F-35 m?n???ct???? L?ck????-M??tin. T????? t?? Ai? F??c? c?lls t?? F-35 ? “??ttl??i?l? ????t????ck,” ??? c?n t?ink ?? it ?s t?? Ai? F??c?’s sni??? ?n? s??tt?? c?m??: t?? F-35 s??s t?? ?n?m? c?min? ?s t?? F-15 t?k?s t??m ??wn.