{"id":64472,"date":"2023-07-13T18:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/13\/new-ndaa-amendment-would-add-two-more-f-15exs-for-air-guard-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:56:18","slug":"new-ndaa-amendment-would-add-two-more-f-15exs-for-air-guard-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2023\/07\/13\/new-ndaa-amendment-would-add-two-more-f-15exs-for-air-guard-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New NDAA amendment would add two more F-15EXs for Air Guard in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Air National Guard Base would receive two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/06\/15\/us-air-force-would-buy-six-more-f-15exs-in-2025-under-draft-house-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">additional F-15EX Eagle II fighters<\/a> under a proposed amendment to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/10\/white-house-wants-ukraine-inspector-general-out-of-defense-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> for fiscal 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amendment, proposed by Rep. John James, R-Mich., and accepted by voice vote on the floor of the House Wednesday, would increase the Air Force\u2019s advance funding for the F-15EX by $30.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would allow the Air Force to buy two more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/06\/09\/boeing-f-15ex-deliveries-slip-at-least-six-months-after-quality-errors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing-made F-15EXs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJames\/status\/1679110544903602176\" target=\"_blank\">James said in a Tuesday House Rules Committee hearing<\/a>. And the amendment would require the Air Force to send these two F-15EXs to an Air National Guard base that has A-10 Warthogs, but is without an identified aircraft to replace them after the Air Force retires the A-10 by the end of this decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 127th Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, which is in James\u2019s district, is one such unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBringing the F-15EX mission to Selfridge and increasing our capacity to project combat power by solidifying our industrial base, increasing capacity for these fighters, is in our vital national interest,\u201d James said. \u201cI cannot stand idly by while the A-10s at Selfridge are retired without a replacement fighter mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I testified in support of my amendment in the NDAA that would bring a new fighter mission to Selfridge ANGB. It&#39;s unacceptable to not have a fighter mission at Selfridge, and I remain committed to fighting for this vital base, not just for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MI10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MI10<\/a> but our national security. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1vm3p4lYd\">pic.twitter.com\/N1vm3p4lYd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. John James (@RepJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJames\/status\/1679110544903602176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed $30.6 million would be in addition to the $92 million increase in advance F-15EX funding the House Armed Services Committee included in the NDAA in June, James said. That $92 million increase would allow the Air Force to buy six more fighters in 2025. Those two increases, on top of the $228 million the Air Force originally requested, would bring the service\u2019s total advance procurement spending for the F-15EX to $350 million in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two amendments together would mean the Air Force would buy 32 F-15EXs total in 2025, and would increase the service\u2019s total planned procurement from 104 to 112, Noah Sadlier, who is James\u2019s communication director, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with the 48 F-35s the Air Force plans to procure in 2025, it would mean the service would buy 80 new fighters in total that year. 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