Hot take: The F-15EX and the ANG

So…rumour has it we’re buying more EX’s. See the article below.

Backgroud: Boeing St. Louis makes the hornet and the eagle. We’re done making hornets so if that line were to close 1) St Louis would lose a ton of good jobs, 2) Lockheed would be the only Fighter Game in town 3) Boeing would…have yet more problems.

Husky’s hot take: I bet the ANG recogonized how unpalatable the closure of Boeing St. Louis would be and bet correctly that congress would keep that line open. RegAF might not want them, but I’ll take my single-pilot, 12 missile, 2 engine eagle shaped death machine thank you very much.

https://www.sandboxx.us/news/congress-to-the-air-force-buy-more-f-15ex-eagle-iis/

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Congress to the Air Force: Buy More F-15EX Eagle IIs

Congress is looking to safeguard the F-15EX Eagle II capability well into the future and keep the versatile jet around.