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Those retirements would include 32 of its Block 20 F-22 jets the service says would cost too much to prepare for combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service had also planned to stop buying the Boeing-made F-15EX after FY25, capping the entire Eagle II program at 98. That would be six fewer than the total 104 the service had most recently planned to buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the committee\u2019s proposed NDAA, released Monday, would reverse those two decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FY23 NDAA stopped the Air Force from retiring those Block 20 F-22s through FY27. A congressional staffer told Defense News on Tuesday the latest proposed bill would keep the enacted provision in place, blocking the Air Force\u2019s F-22 retirement plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The congressional staffer noted that lawmakers felt those F-22s \u2014 despite the cost associated with preparations for combat \u2014 are still relevant for a future fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re still the best air superiority jets we have in the world today,\u201d the staffer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDAA also would temporarily pause the Air Force\u2019s plans to retire 26 of its F-15E Strike Eagles with less effective engines. Those jets could not be retired until six months after the Pentagon submits a study showing how many fighters the Air Force will need to meet geographical combatant commanders\u2019 requirements. The staffer said F-15Es would be needed if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/04\/03\/pacific-problems-why-the-us-disagrees-on-the-cost-of-deterring-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">a fight against China erupted later this decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s other requested retirements \u2014 including plans to retire 56 A-10 Warthogs, 65 F-15C and F-15D Eagle fighters, and 11 F-16 Fighting Falcons \u2014 would be granted in the NDAA, the staffer said. The Air Force says the A-10 attack plane would be too vulnerable in a fight against an advanced adversary and wants to retire the entire fleet by 2029. Congress long fought the Air Force\u2019s A-10 retirement plans, but lawmakers\u2019 opposition has thawed in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDAA would also add $271 million back into the budget to buy an additional 24 F-15EXs in 2026, and keep Boeing\u2019s production line for the updated fourth-generation jet active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The additional jets would leave the Air Force with a total F-15EX fleet of 122 fighters. 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