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re: Our Air Force needs new planes badly. We need new F-16 block 70 fighters.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:51 pm to Techdave
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:51 pm to Techdave
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Air Guard is already upgrading to the F35 or F15EX.
A surprising number of direct action sorties are flown by the Guard, including in Epic Fury. They do far more than fly racetracks over Ohio to maintain flight hours. They're not just tankers and mobility.
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Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:53 pm to TigerFanatic99
2 and 1/2 a year? Those numbers are not correct. Plus the F15 EX can do things other jets can not and can carry weapons other jets cant carry.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 2:56 pm to LemmyLives
I served in the desert with a couple of guard F16 units.They have regularly deployed and been there on rotations.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:00 pm to Techdave
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Pretty sure Louisiana is getting the F15EX if they haven’t already upgraded
Pretty sure they’re still building new support facilities for the EX upgrade the last time I checked
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:09 pm to METAL
Obama and Gates for sure. Nordy rolled over to keep his job.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:10 pm to MikkUGA
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2 and 1/2 a year? Those numbers are not correct
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In July 2020, the U.S. Defense Department ordered eight F-15EXs over three years for $1.2 billion
8 planes over 3 years is a little over two and a half a year, right? No?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:11 pm to FlySaint
Bitched out. That’s what happens when you have a guy with a background like that in that job.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:16 pm to TigerFanatic99
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8 planes over 3 years is a little over two and a half a year, right? No?
Flight and Engineering Systems test aircraft
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:37 pm to LSUPilot07
Damn!
Wonder why Trump didn't name you Secretary of War???
Someone needs to make Trump aware of your perfect and infinite knowledge of the state of our military!!
Wonder why Trump didn't name you Secretary of War???
Someone needs to make Trump aware of your perfect and infinite knowledge of the state of our military!!
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:53 pm to FlySaint
Obama didn't shut down shite...Sullivan or some dope told him to do so
Posted on 4/18/26 at 4:16 pm to rmnldr
We already have 6 and I am pretty sure they are starting to deliver them out to other squadrons. It took a little while after we heard about them to get 1 and 2 but the next 4 came fast.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 5:15 pm to LSUPilot07
I believe the F-47 replacing the raptor will probably be blocked out to cover a ton of what these other aircraft are doing.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:38 pm to TigerFanatic99
Very true. Very high. MiC platforming and cost are mystical. That happens when a department of government refuses a audit for well...forever.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 6:54 pm to LemmyLives
see Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (“the Boneyard”)
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:09 pm to baldona
We can’t build more F-22s, the production line has long been shut down (thanks Obama, you fricking terrorist). The F-16 Viper would be a great complement to our growing 5th gen fleet. I love the F-15EX and we still need many more of those as well but the F-16 gives you that multirole ability where the F-15EX is a huge gun truck, the F-16 is a smaller target and very agile while still being able to carry a huge load-out and the conformal fuel tanks helps the F-16 not need to carry 2-3 belly/wing tanks of fuel where they can carry more munitions. There is still plenty of room to add a 4.5+ gen platform that is battle tested and it’s capability is known worldwide with so many nations having legacy F-16s still as their front line fighters.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:48 pm to OU Guy
Nice. Husband was at that final airshow fly off too, so I showed it to him. He flew out of Oceana from ‘86-‘98 - asked if you knew “Puck” Howe?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:32 pm to EZVictor
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Nice. Husband was at that final airshow fly off too, so I showed it to him. He flew out of Oceana from ‘86-‘98 - asked if you knew “Puck” Howe?
Name doesn’t ring a bell. But my time at Oceana was hectic. Got there in 90 and spent a lot of time on workups. With Iraq amping up training cycle was also sped up. When got back off deployment Dec 91, moved with squadron to Miramar in Feb 92. So I never had much time to get around unless he was in VF-31.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:48 pm to LSUPilot07
Stupid civilian question. Why are we still using jets developed in the 70s? I realize these modern jets are completely different aircraft but for the body design, but why keep the old dedign? Is this some sort of legislative maneuver so that they’re not considered “new” weapons systems? I understand this was the case with the Strike Eagle and the Super Hornet.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:40 pm to TigerFanatic99
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$150M a pop feels expensive for an F15 at this point
the Bose Sound System is standard and no longer an upgrade.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:44 pm to SalE
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Obama didn't shut down shite...Sullivan or some dope told him to do so
Which means he did
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