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Duke Richardson, the service\u2019s top uniformed acquisition official, announced the official designation during a rollout and naming ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, the service plans to buy at least 144 F-15EXs to replace the F-15C\/D fleet, which has an average age of 37 years and is starting to endure structural strain. The totality of the Air National Guard\u2019s F-15C\/D fleet will be replaced by either F-15EXs or F-35As, said Lt. Gen. Mike Loh, Air National Guard director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-15EX includes a series of upgrades when compared to the older F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle models, including the Eagle Passive\/Active Warning and Survivability System electronic warfare system, a digital cockpit, the more advanced ADCP-II mission computer from Honeywell, and fly-by-wire flight controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most important is the aircraft\u2019s open architecture backbone, which will allow the service to quickly update the aircraft and add new capabilities, Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because many of the EX model\u2019s new systems were already in production for F-15 customers like Qatar or Saudi Arabia, the Air Force was able to skip a long development period. Ultimately, the program moved from contract award to the delivery of the first aircraft in about nine months, according to Richardson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would say this day was a long time coming, but it has actually come to fruition very fast from an acquisition perspective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-15EX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/02\/02\/the-f-15ex-just-made-its-first-flight\/\" target=_blank>made its first flight<\/a> on Feb. 2 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri. A month later, on March 10, Boeing delivered the first aircraft to the Air Force, which is currently putting the plane through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/03\/11\/the-air-force-has-its-first-f-15ex\/\" target=_blank>operational tests at Eglin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2020\/07\/13\/heres-how-much-money-boeing-is-getting-to-build-the-new-f-15ex\/\" target=_blank>placed its first order for the F-15EX<\/a> in July 2020, awarding a contract for the first lot of eight jets with a value not to exceed about $1.2 billion. All of those aircraft are set to be delivered to Eglin AFB by fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second lot of F-15EX planes is on schedule for delivery in fiscal year 2024 to Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Oregon. That base will also serve as the site for F-15EX training. 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