Boeing F-15EX Eagle II - Sharpening the Bald Eagle's Talons

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This picture has been repeatedly brought up and “debunked” here. It shows an F-15C from the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing demonstrating new prototype/mockup dual— and quad-launchers as part of the Persistent Air Dominance Enabler program. That picture doesn’t mean this is already adopted for the F-15EX in service. Additionally, having dual-launcher racks on the belly necessitated the installation of CFT. These racks on the belly are AMBER (Advanced Missile and Bomb Ejector Rack).

There are talks that the USAF has plans to integrate CFTs with AMBER racks on the F-15EX, potentially increasing the total to 16 missiles. I do believe the F-15EX would be able to field 16 air-to-air missiles at some point in the future.

I will not deny that F-15EX will be integrated with further capabilities to field 22 of these potent missiles. I am simply saying there is no existing picture or video of the F-15EX demonstrating its utilization of AMBER racks and quad-rack launchers in flight yet.

We have the latest official picture of the F-15EX with its full, normal A2A configuration. As shown, it can carry a total of 12 missiles. Here:

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The F-15EX entered operational service in July 2024, which was pretty recent. Only a small number of units are produced. We need to wait a little more time for the F-15EX to phase out from Initial Operational Capability and enter Full Operational Capability so that more information about its weapons, such as fielding 16-22 missiles, may eventually surface.

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I see it can also carry 22 air-to-air missiles at the same time.

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It can’t support them, the quad racks that aren’t the underbelly ones are ferry-pylons, the missiles if i understand correctly cannot be dropped/launched when mounted to these pylons.

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16 is still a lot

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Can those outboard wing pylons handle a2g stuff like JASSM’s?

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They limited IIRC to ±1000 pounds. So no. Only HARM, 2 AIM-120 or, maybe, 1 mav.

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I would guess it will come this year in December, along with the Su-35 or 37

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So yall are telling the US made an air superiority fighter (F-15), then modified it into a strike variant (F-15E) which they then proceeded to modify again into an air superiority variant (F-15EX)? Whaaa
Oh nvm just searched it’s not just air superiority it’s still a strike aircraft like the F-15E lol

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Should have the performance of a slightly better F-15E because of the FBW

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Huh??, f15EX this year … ur hilarious likely next year summer(2026)

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It’s replacing F-15C so in role (for now) it’s air superiority, but may replace F-15E since it maintains the strike ability

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usa should gift their f15C apgv3s to the israeli airforce

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I think we are, or planning to. Also, just buy more F-15IA instead if not

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we are buying f15IA, we purchased 25 units a few months back lol, it would be nice for usaf gifted like 12 or 15 units of f15 apg 63v3 to the israeli airforce as a replacement for our Baz airframe as a placeholder until full f15IA delivery which wont happen until mid 2030s

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That will only happen once EX replaces those 12-15 F-15C in service

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hasnt usaf alreaddy been retiring dozens of f15C/D airframes?

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I mean… the way it is going. We will probably receive the F/A-18C this summer and then in December more advanced 4.5 gen aircraft. It was just a guess

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1.As of mid-2022, the U.S. Air Force operated 168 F-15C and 18 F-15D aircraft…
2. The first F-15EX was delivered in March 2021 and delivered to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.There are six of them in total-all of them will be used for test purposes…
3.On June 3.5, 2024, the 142nd Oregon Wing received its first F-15EX with a fighter landing at the Portland National Guard Air Base, and the second arrived a month later.
4.Basic F-15 training, for both the F-15E and F15 EX, will take place at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina starting in 2026…

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f15EX is a 4.5 gen on steiroids, its not gonna touch game till mid 2026.we havent even received proper ingame aesas nor advanced fox 2s

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So by the time those F-15C are replaced, the first F-15IA will have come or be close to coming