A USAF F-15EX assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Deliveries to the developmental test squadron at Eglin are complete, with additional F-15EXs going to operational units. (USAF//40th Flight Test Squadron)
Boeing is preparing to deliver Lot 2 of the F-15EX's US Air Force (USAF) order, Robert Novotny, the company's executive director for F-15EX business development, told Janes on 5 March at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air Warfare Symposium.
Lots 1A and 1B wrapped up delivery in June 2024, with eight F-15EXs delivered. Of those, six went to developmental testing at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, while two were delivered to the type's first operational base in Portland, Oregon, for operation by the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard (ANG).
โEX [tail number] nine is the first jet of Lot 2 that flew on [3 March],โ Novotny said. โI'm fully expecting EX nine to [be stationed in] Portland.โ
Tail numbers 10 and 11 are set to follow, both all but constructed and awaiting flight-testing. The delivery process typically requires three or four flights: two Boeing flights and one or two from the US Defense Contract Management Agency, which accepts aircraft on behalf of the Department of Defense, Novotny said. Both tail numbers are expected to head to the Oregon ANG.
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